1 Thessalonians 4:5 BSB

1 Thessalonians 4:5

not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God;

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

1 voice

Tertullian

Against Marcion Book V (220)

In what way? "Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles." Concupiscence, however, is not ascribed to marriage even among the Gentiles, but to extravagant, unnatural, and enormous sins.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
μὴ	mē	not	G3361 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
πάθει	pathei	[the] passion	G3806 →
ἐπιθυμίας	epithumias	of lust	G1939 →
καθάπερ	kathaper	as	G2509 →
καὶ	kai	also	G2532 →
τὰ	ta	the	G3588 →
ἔθνη	ethnē	Gentiles	G1484 →
τὰ	ta	<the>	G3588 →
μὴ	mē	not	G3361 →
εἰδότα	eidota	knowing
τὸν	ton	<the>	G3588 →
θεόν·	theon	God;	G2316 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Colossians 3:5
Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.
leads to
- Romans 8:13
  For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
- Galatians 5:19–21
  The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;
- Galatians 5:24
  Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
- 1 Peter 2:11
  Beloved, I urge you, as foreigners and exiles, to abstain from the desires of the flesh, which war against your soul.
- Romans 6:13
  Do not present the parts of your body to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and present the parts of…
Through
2 Thessalonians 1:8
in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
leads to
- 1 Peter 4:17
  For it is time for judgment to begin with the family of God; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who disobey the gospel of God?
- 2 Peter 3:7
  And by that same word, the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
Through
Galatians 4:8
Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 8:4
  So about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world, and that there is no God but one.