1 Thessalonians 4:5 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁵Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:

1 Thessalonians 4:5 —

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Cross-References

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Galatians 4:8
Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.
Acts 17:30-31
And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: …
Ephesians 4:17-19
This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, …
2 Thessalonians 1:8
In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
Colossians 3:5
Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:

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Commentary

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 was…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 5)

5. in the lust--Greek, “passion”; which implies that such a one is unconsciously the passive slave of lust. which know not God--and so know no better. Ignorance of true religion is the parent of unchastity (Ep 4:18, 19). A people’s morals are like the objects of their worship (De 7:26; Psa 115:8; Ro 1:23, 24).