1 Thessalonians 4:5

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not in the passion of lust like the Gentiles who do not know God.

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  • Gal 4:8 : 8 But in the past, when you did not know God, you were enslaved to those who by nature are not gods.
  • Rom 1:26 : 26 For this reason, God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature.
  • Acts 17:30-31 : 30 In the past, God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent. 31 For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising him from the dead.
  • 2 Thess 1:8 : 8 In flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
  • 1 Pet 4:3 : 3 For you have already spent enough time in the past doing what the Gentiles choose to do, living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.
  • Eph 2:12 : 12 were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
  • Eph 4:17-19 : 17 Therefore, I say this and testify in the Lord: You should no longer walk as the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their minds. 18 They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts. 19 They have become callous and have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness.
  • Col 3:5 : 5 Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry.
  • Rom 1:24 : 24 Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity, so that their bodies would be dishonored among them.
  • Matt 6:32 : 32 For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.
  • Luke 12:30 : 30 For all the nations of the world eagerly seek these things, and your Father knows that you need them.
  • Acts 17:23 : 23 As I walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. So, you are worshiping in ignorance the very one I proclaim to you.
  • Rom 1:28 : 28 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
  • 1 Cor 1:21 : 21 For since in God’s wisdom the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.
  • 1 Cor 15:34 : 34 Wake up righteously, and do not sin, for some are ignorant of God—I say this to your shame.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Thess 4:2-4
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    2For you know the commands we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

    3For this is God’s will: your sanctification—that you abstain from sexual immorality.

    4That each of you knows how to control his own body in holiness and honor,

  • Eph 4:17-20
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    79%

    17Therefore, I say this and testify in the Lord: You should no longer walk as the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their minds.

    18They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.

    19They have become callous and have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness.

    20But that is not the way you learned Christ,

  • Eph 5:3-7
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    3But sexual immorality, all impurity, or greed must not even be mentioned among you, as is proper for saints.

    4Nor should there be filthiness, foolish talk, or crude joking, which are not fitting, but rather thanksgiving.

    5For you know this with certainty, that no sexually immoral, impure, or greedy person—who is an idolater—has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God.

    6Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience.

    7Therefore, do not be partners with them.

  • 1 Thess 4:6-7
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    6And that no one transgresses or defrauds their brother in this matter, because the Lord is an avenger of all these things, as we have forewarned and solemnly testified to you.

    7For God has not called us to impurity but to live in holiness.

  • 1 Pet 4:2-4
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    2As a result, you should no longer live the rest of your earthly life for human desires but instead for the will of God.

    3For you have already spent enough time in the past doing what the Gentiles choose to do, living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.

    4They are surprised that you do not join them in their reckless, wild living, and they heap abuse on you.

  • Col 3:5-6
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    5Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry.

    6Because of these things, the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience.

  • 1 Pet 1:14
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    14As obedient children, do not conform to the desires you had when you lived in ignorance.

  • Rom 13:13-14
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    13Let us walk properly, as in the daytime, not in revelries and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in strife and jealousy.

    14But clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not make provision for the desires of the flesh.

  • Eph 5:17
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    17Because of this, do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

  • 1 Cor 6:9-10
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    9Don't you know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor those who practice homosexuality,

    10nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor slanderers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.

  • 1 Cor 5:9-10
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    9I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people.

    10I did not at all mean the sexually immoral people of this world, or the greedy, or swindlers, or idolaters. In that case, you would have to leave the world.

  • Gal 5:19
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    19Now the works of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, debauchery,

  • 1 Thess 4:12
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    12so that you may conduct yourselves properly toward outsiders and not be dependent on anyone.

  • Eph 2:3
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    3Among them we all also once lived in the desires of our flesh, carrying out the inclinations of the flesh and of the mind, and we were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.

  • 1 Cor 6:18-19
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    18Flee from sexual immorality. Every sin a person commits is outside the body, but the one who sins sexually sins against their own body.

    19Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;

  • 1 Cor 15:34
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    34Wake up righteously, and do not sin, for some are ignorant of God—I say this to your shame.

  • 1 Pet 2:11
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    11Dear friends, I urge you as foreigners and exiles to abstain from fleshly desires, which wage war against the soul.

  • Rom 1:24
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    24Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity, so that their bodies would be dishonored among them.

  • 1 Cor 6:15
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    15Don't you know that your bodies are members of Christ himself? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never!

  • Gal 4:8
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    8But in the past, when you did not know God, you were enslaved to those who by nature are not gods.

  • Gal 5:16
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    16I say then, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desires of the flesh.

  • Eph 4:22
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    22You were taught to put off your former way of life, the old self, which is corrupted by deceitful desires,

  • 1 Thess 2:5
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    5For we never used words of flattery, as you know, nor did we put forth a pretext for greed—God is our witness.

  • Titus 2:12
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    12It teaches us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously, and godly in the present age,

  • Titus 3:3
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    3For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another.

  • Rom 6:12
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    12Therefore, do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires.

  • 1 Cor 5:1
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    1It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and a kind of immorality that is not even found among the Gentiles—a man is sleeping with his father’s wife.

  • Col 4:5
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    5Conduct yourselves wisely toward outsiders, making the most of the opportunity.

  • 1 Cor 10:6
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    6Now these things happened as examples for us, so that we would not desire evil things as they did.

  • Rom 1:32
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    32Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things are worthy of death, they not only continue to do these things but also approve of those who practice them.

  • Jas 4:5
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    5Or do you think Scripture says without reason that the spirit God caused to dwell in us longs jealously for us?

  • Jude 1:19
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    19These are the ones who cause divisions, worldly, devoid of the Spirit.

  • Jude 1:4
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    4For certain people have secretly slipped in among you—those who were written about long ago as being destined for this condemnation. They are ungodly, turning the grace of our God into a license for immorality and denying our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.