1st Thessalonians Chapter 4 verse 5 Holy Bible

ASV 1stThessalonians 4:5

not in the passion of lust, even as the Gentiles who know not God;
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BBE 1stThessalonians 4:5

Not in the passion of evil desires, like the Gentiles, who have no knowledge of God;
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DARBY 1stThessalonians 4:5

(not in passionate desire, even as the nations who know not God,)
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KJV 1stThessalonians 4:5

Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:
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WBT 1stThessalonians 4:5


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WEB 1stThessalonians 4:5

not in the passion of lust, even as the Gentiles who don't know God;
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YLT 1stThessalonians 4:5

not in the affection of desire, as also the nations that were not knowing God,
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 5. - Not in the lust of concupiscence - not in the passion of lust (R.V.) - even as the Gentiles which know not God; and therefore from whom nothing better was to be expected. The moral sense of the heathen was so perverted, and their natures so corrupt, that they looked upon fornication as a thing indifferent.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(5) Not in the lust of concupiscence, for such a method of using one's faculties, such an attempt to acquire mastery of vital powers, is really to abandon them altogether to others. This notion is involved in the very word here translated "lust," which is more often rendered "passion," and implies something which befalls a man, something done to him: "Not in the helpless passivity of concupiscence" or uncontrolled desire.The Gentiles which know not God.--Mind the punctuation. The readers of the letter were "Gentiles which knew God." Their brother Thessalonians. are held up to them as melancholy examples of men who are trying in the wrong way to show their power over themselves. Remark that this is not one of the crimes which he alleges against Jews.