5Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:
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Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.
And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: …
This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, …
In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-8)Here we have, I. An exhortation to abound in holiness, to abound more and more in that which is good, 1 Thess. 4:1 , 2 . We may observe, 1. The manner in which the exhortation is given—very affectionately. The apostle entreats them as brethren; he calls them so, and loved them as such. Because his love to them was very great, he exhorts them very earnestly: We beseech and exhort you . The apostle…
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