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1 Thessalonians 4:5

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

KJV

μὴ ἐν πάθει ἐπιθυμίας καθάπερ καὶ τὰ ἔθνη τὰ μὴ εἰδότα τὸν θεόν,

Greek NT

non in passione desiderii, sicut et gentes, quæ ignorant Deum :

Vulgate

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

ASV

Not in the passion of lust, like the Gentiles that know not God:

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

εἴδω
eido
verb · 317×
θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καθάπερ
kathaper
adverb · 15×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
πάθος
pathos
noun · 3×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἐπιθυμία
epithumia
noun · 38×
ἔθνος
ethnos
noun · 162×
o
article · 19778×

Historic Christian voices

6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

2. And if any man will sue you at the law, and take away your coat, let him have your cloak also. Matthew 5:40 For not in the matter of blows only, but of our goods also, He would have such forbearance exhibited. Wherefore He again employs the same strong figure. That is, as in the other case He commands to overcome in suffering, so here again, by allowing ourselves to be depri…
Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210205.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…
2. And say not unto me, where is the rule of justice preserved entire, if the punishment has no end? Rather, when God does anything, obey His decisions and submit not what is said to human reasonings. But moreover, how can it be anything else than just for one who has experienced innumerable blessings from the beginning, and then committed deeds worthy of punishment, and neithe…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 6:18 — Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
  • 1Cor 15:34 — Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.
  • 1Cor 15:34 — Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.
  • 1Pet 1:14 — As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
  • 1Pet 4:3 — For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:
  • 1Pet 4:3 — For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:
  • 2Thess 1:8 — In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
  • 2Thess 1:8 — In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
  • Acts 17:30 — And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
  • Col 3:5 — Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
  • Col 3:5 — Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
  • Eph 2:12 — That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
  • Eph 2:12 — That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
  • Eph 4:17 — This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,
  • Eph 4:18 — Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:
  • Gal 4:8 — Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.
  • Gal 4:8 — Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.
  • Jer 10:25 — Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation d
  • Job 18:21 — Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.
  • Jude 1:16 — These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men’s persons in admiration because of advantage.
  • Luke 12:30 — For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.
  • Matt 6:32 — (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
  • Rom 1:26 — For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
  • Rom 1:26 — For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
  • Rom 1:28 — And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
  • Rom 7:7 — What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.