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1Th 4:5 — Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

in the		Rom 1:24,26; Col 3:5
as the		Mat 6:32; Luk 12:30; Eph 4:17-19; 1Pe 4:3
know		Act 17:23,30,31; Rom 1:28; 1Cr 1:21; 1Cr 15:34; Gal 4:8; Eph 2:12; 2Th 1:8

Correlating Passages

in the

	Rom 1:24	Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
	Rom 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:
	Col 3:5	Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:

as the

	Mat 6:32	(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
	Luk 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.
	Eph 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,
	Eph 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:
	Eph 4:19	Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
	1Pe 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:

know

	Act 17:23	For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
	Act 17:30	And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
	Act 17:31	Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by [that] man whom he hath ordained; [whereof] he hath given assurance unto all [men], in that he hath raised him from the dead.
	Rom 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;
	1Cr 1:21	For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
	1Cr 15:34	Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak [this] to your shame.
	Gal 4:8	Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods.
	Eph 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:
	2Th 1:8	In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:

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Scott, Thomas. "1 Thessalonians 4:5," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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