1 Thessalonians 4:5
1 Thessalonians · New Testament · Chapter 4
“Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:”1 Thessalonians 4:5
What Does 1 Thessalonians 4:5 Mean?
1 Thessalonians 4:5 is found in the book of 1 Thessalonians, chapter 4, verse 5 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to 1 Thessalonians 4:5 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
1 Peter 1:14“As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:”1 Corinthians 6:18“Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.”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, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:”Ephesians 4:18“Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:”Galatians 4:8“Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.”Acts 17:30“And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:”1 Corinthians 15:34“Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.”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.”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:”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:”Ephesians 4:17“This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,”Job 18:21“Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.”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:”Jude 1:16“These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men’s persons in admiration because of advantage.”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.”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.”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;”Romans 6:12“Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.”Romans 7:7“What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.”
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