1 Thessalonians 4:5

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Summary

1 Thessalonians 4:5

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

In the

Romans 1:24

Colossians 3:5

As the

Know

2 Thessalonians 1:8

Bible References

In the

Therefore God delivered them over in the cravings of their hearts to sexual impurity, so that their bodies were degraded among themselves.

Therefore, put to death what belongs to your worldly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry.

As the

For the idolaters eagerly seek all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.

For the Gentile world eagerly seeks all these things, and your Father knows that you need them.

Therefore, I say this and testify in the Lord: You should no longer walk as the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their thoughts.

For there has already been enough time spent in doing what the pagans choose to do: carrying on in unrestrained behavior, evil desires, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and lawless idolatry.

Know

For 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.

And because they did not think it worthwhile to acknowledge God, God delivered them over to a worthless mind to do what is morally wrong.

For 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 the message preached.

Come to your senses

and stop sinning, for some people are ignorant about God. I say this to your shame.

But in the past, when you didn’t know God, you were enslaved to things that by nature are not gods.

At that time you were without the Messiah, excluded from the citizenship of Israel, and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.

taking vengeance with flaming fire on those who don’t know God and on those who don’t obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.