1 Thessalonians 4:5 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ Not [to be used] in the passion of lust like the heathen, who are ignorant of the true God and have no knowledge of His will,

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ not in the passion of lust, even as the Gentiles who know not God;

Common English Bible

⁵ Don’t be controlled by your sexual urges like the Gentiles who don’t know God.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ not in passions of lust, like the Gentiles who do not know God,

1 Thessalonians 4:5 Cross References

Psalm 79:6

Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.

Jeremiah 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 desolate.

Matthew 6:32

(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

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.

Acts 17:23

For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, To the Unknown God. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.

Romans 1:24

Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonor their own bodies between themselves:

Romans 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:

Romans 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;

1 Corinthians 1:21

For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.

1 Corinthians 15:34

Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.

Galatians 4:8

Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.

Ephesians 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:

Colossians 3:5

Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:

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:

1 Peter 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, revelings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries: