1 Thessalonians 4:5

1 Thessalonians 4:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:
• New International Version (NIV)not in passionate lust like the pagans, who do not know God;
• English Standard Version (ESV)not in the passion of lust like the Gentiles who do not know God;
• New King James Version (NKJV)not in passion of lust, like the Gentiles who do not know God;

Context of 1 Thessalonians 4:5

3For this is God’s will, your sanctification: that you keep away from sexual immorality, 4that each of you knows how to control his own body in holiness and honor, not with lustful passions, like the Gentiles, who don’t know God. 6This means one must not transgress against and take advantage of a brother or sister in this manner, because the Lord is an avenger of all these offenses, as we also previously told and warned you. 7For God has not called us to impurity but to live in holiness.

1 Thessalonians 4:5 word by word

μὴ ἐν πάθει ἐπιθυμίας καθάπερ καὶ τὰ ἔθνη τὰ μὴ εἰδότα τὸν θεόν·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Notμήmē · notG3361
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• the lustπάθοςpathos · passionG3806
• of concupiscenceἐπιθυμίαepithumia · desireG1939
• evenκαίkai · andG2532
• asκαθάπερkathaper · just asG2509
• the Gentilesὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the Gentilesἔθνοςethnos · GentilesG1484
• knowεἴδωeidō · to perceive: understandG1492
• Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316

Cross-references for 1 Thessalonians 4:5

• Romans 1:24Therefore God delivered them over in the desires of their hearts to sexual impurity, so that their bodies were degraded among themselves.
• Colossians 3:5Therefore, put to death what belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry.
• Matthew 6:32For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.
• Luke 12:30For the Gentile world eagerly seeks all these things, and your Father knows that you need them.
• Ephesians 4:17Therefore, I say this and testify in the Lord: You should no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thoughts.
• 1 Peter 4:3For there has already been enough time spent in doing what the Gentiles choose to do: carrying on in unrestrained behavior, evil desires, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and lawless idolatry.
• Acts 17:23For as I was passing through and observing the objects of your worship, I even found an altar on which was inscribed, ‘To an Unknown God.’ Therefore, what you worship in ignorance, this I proclaim to you.
• Romans 1:28And because they did not think it worthwhile to acknowledge God, God delivered them over to a corrupt mind so that they do what is not right.
• 1 Corinthians 1:21For since, in God’s wisdom, the world did not know God through wisdom, God was pleased to save those who believe through the foolishness of what is preached.
• 1 Corinthians 15:34Come to your senses and stop sinning; for some people are ignorant about God. I say this to your shame.
• Galatians 4:8But in the past, since you didn’t know God, you were enslaved to things that by nature are not gods.
• Ephesians 2:12At that time you were without Christ, excluded from the citizenship of Israel, and foreigners to the covenants of promise, without hope and without God in the world.
• 2 Thessalonians 1:8when he takes vengeance with flaming fire on those who don’t know God and on those who don’t obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

Commentaries on 1 Thessalonians 4:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Not in the lust of concupiscence - Having no rational object, aim, nor end. Some say, "not like beasts;" but this does not apply as they who use it wish, for the males and females of the brute creation are regular and consistent in their intercourse, and scarcely ever exceed such bounds as reason itself would prescribe to those most capable of observing and obeying its dictates. The Gentiles which know not God - These are the beasts; their own brutes are…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Not in the lust of concupiscence - In gross gratifications. Even as the Gentiles - This was, and is, a common vice among the pagan; see the Acts 15:20 note; Romans 1:29 note; Ephesians 4:17-18 notes, and the reports of missionaries everywhere. Which know not God - See the Romans 1:21, Romans 1:28 notes; Ephesians 2:12 note.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5Ignoring God and his teachings leads to moral corruption (Romans 1:18–32; Ephesians 4:17–18). lustful passion: In the ancient Mediterranean world, people often tolerated sexual immorality. Prostitution was legal, but having sexual relations with another man's wife was not. Roman marriage customs permitted men, but not women, to have sexual affairs. In contrast to Roman customs, Jewish and Christian writers forbade all sexual activity outside of marriage…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. 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).Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Thessalonians 4:5

• Adultery
• Affections
• Blindness
• Commandments
• Lasciviousness

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Asleep
• Concupiscence
• Quiet
• Rise
• Sleep
• Trump
• Lust
• Passion, Passions

Commentaries on 1 Thessalonians 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings