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1 Thessalonians 4:5
Study it in the app“not in the passion of desire, as also the nations do who do not know God;”
God's will: live apart from sexual immorality, with honorPurity
With the Greek beneath
1 Thessalonians 4:5, word by word
- the passionπάθειpathei
passion
Passion: what one suffers or feels strongly, especially strong desire.
Where else “pathei” appears- of desireἐπιθυμίαςepithymias
lust
Wanting what is forbidden, wrong cravings.
Where else “epithymias” appears- asκαθάπερkathaper
just as
"Just as", "even as".
Where else “kathaper” appears- the nationsἔθνηethnē
Gentile
The peoples who are not Israel.
Where else “ethnē” appears- knowεἰδόταeidota
know someone
To have dealings with someone and know who he is.
Where else “eidota” appears- Godθεόνtheon
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theon” appears
Translation note
It recalls Jeremiah 10:25 and Psalm 79:6.
The context
4that each of you know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor,
5 · This verse (above)
6that no one transgress and take advantage of his brother in this matter, because the Lord is an avenger concerning all these things, as we also told you before and solemnly testified.