1 Thessalonians 4:5

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Don’t desire to commit sexual sins like people who don’t know God.

Cross References

Galatians 4:8

At one time you didn’t know God. You were slaves to gods that aren’t really gods at all.

2 Thessalonians 1:8

He’ll punish those who don’t know God and who don’t obey the good news about our Lord Jesus.

Colossians 3:5

So put to death anything that comes from your wrong desires: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.

1 Peter 4:3

You’ve spent enough time in the past doing what ungodly people choose to do. You lived a wild life and wanted the wrong things. You got drunk and went to wild parties. You worshiped statues of gods, which is something the Lord hates.

Ephesians 2:12

Remember that you used to be separated from Christ. You weren’t considered to be citizens of Israel, and so you didn’t have a share in what the covenants promised. You were without hope and without God in the world.

1 Corinthians 15:34

Come back to your senses and stop sinning. Some of you don’t know anything about God. You should be ashamed of that!

Romans 1:28

They didn’t think it was important to know God, so God left them unable to discern right from wrong.

Romans 1:26

So God let them be taken over by their shameful desires. Their women committed sexual acts that were not natural.

Romans 1:24

So God allowed them to do what their sinful hearts wanted. He let them commit sexual sins, and they made one another’s bodies impure by what they did.

Acts 17:23

As I walked around, I looked carefully at the things you worship. I even found an altar that said, to an unknown god. Now I’m going to tell you about this ‘god’ that you worship without knowing who he is.

Luke 12:30

People who don’t consider God run after all those things, but your Father knows you need them.

Matthew 6:32

People who don’t trust in God are concerned with those things. But your heavenly Father knows that you need them.

1 Corinthians 1:21

God wisely planned that the world wouldn’t be able to understand him through its own wisdom. Instead, God was happy to use the foolish things we preach to save those who believe.