1 Thessalonians 4:5 — King James Version← Study notes
“Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:”
1 Thessalonians 4:5 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · 1 Thessalonians 4:513 words
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
Church Fathers on 1 Thessalonians 4:5
He says, “That each one of you know how to possess himself of his own vessel.” It is, then, a matter to be learned, and that diligently, not to be wanton. But we possess our vessel, when it is pure; when it is impure, sin possesses it. And reasonably. For it does not do the things which we wish, but what sin commands. “Not in the passion of lust,” he says. Here he shows also the manner, according to which one ought to be temperate; that we should cut off the passions of lust.…
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