1 Thessalonians 4:5 “not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God;”

1 Thessalonians 4:5

not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God;

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:

World English Bible

not in the passion of lust, even as the Gentiles who don’t know God,

American Standard Version

not in the passion of lust, even as the Gentiles who know not God;

Geneva Bible 1599

And not in the lust of concupiscence, euen as the Gentiles which know not God:

Darby Translation

(not in passionate desire, even as the nations who know not God,)

Young's Literal Translation

not in the affection of desire, as also the nations that were not knowing God,

Bible in Basic English

Not in the passion of evil desires, like the Gentiles, who have no knowledge of God;

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Cross references

“in the”

Colossians 3:5 Romans 1:26 Romans 1:24

Colossians 3:5 · BSB

Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.

Romans 1:26 · BSB

For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones.

Romans 1:24 · BSB

Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity for the dishonoring of their bodies with one another.

“as the”

Ephesians 4:17–19 1 Peter 4:3 Matthew 6:32 Luke 12:30

Ephesians 4:17–19 · BSB

So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.

1 Peter 4:3 · BSB

For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.

Matthew 6:32 · BSB

For the Gentiles strive after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.

Luke 12:30 · BSB

For the Gentiles of the world strive after all these things, and your Father knows that you need them.

“know”

Galatians 4:8 2 Thessalonians 1:8 Romans 1:28 1 Corinthians 15:34 Ephesians 2:12 Acts 17:23

Galatians 4:8 · BSB

Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.

2 Thessalonians 1:8 · BSB

in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

Romans 1:28 · BSB

Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.

1 Corinthians 15:34 · BSB

Sober up as you ought, and stop sinning; for some of you are ignorant of God. I say this to your shame.

Ephesians 2:12 · BSB

remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.

Acts 17:23 · BSB

For as I walked around and examined your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore what you worship as something unknown, I now proclaim to you.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

4each of you must know how to control his own body in holiness and honor,

6and no one should ever violate or exploit his brother in this regard, because the Lord will avenge all such acts, as we have already told you and solemnly warned you.

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