1 Thessalonians 4:5
not in the affection of desire, as also the nations that were not knowing God,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:
In Context
4that each of you know his own vessel to possess in sanctification and honour,
Cross References
Matthew 6:32for all these do the nations seek for, for your heavenly Father doth know that ye have need of all these;
Acts 17:23for passing through and contemplating your objects of worship, I found also an erection on which had been inscribed: To God — unknown; whom, therefore — not knowing — ye do worship, this One I announce to you.
Romans 1:24Wherefore also God did give them up, in the desires of their hearts, to uncleanness, to dishonour their bodies among themselves;
Romans 1:28And, according as they did not approve of having God in knowledge, God gave them up to a disapproved mind, to do the things not seemly;
1 Corinthians 15:34awake up, as is right, and sin not; for certain have an ignorance of God; for shame to you I say [it].
Ephesians 2:12that ye were at that time apart from Christ, having been alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, having no hope, and without God, in the world;
Matthew Henry on 1 Thessalonians 4:2-9
Exhortations to Holiness; Caution against Impurity. ( a. d. 51.) 1 Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more. 2 For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus. 3 For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: 4 That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour; 5 Not in the lust… Read the whole commentary →