not in the passion of lust, even as the Gentiles who don’t know God,
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1 Thessalonians 4:5 in context
1 Thessalonians 4:2–8
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For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
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For this is the will of God: your sanctification, that you abstain from sexual immorality,
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that each one of you know how to control his own body in sanctification and honor,
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not in the passion of lust, even as the Gentiles who don’t know God,
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that no one should take advantage of and wrong a brother or sister in this matter; because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as also we forewarned you and testified.
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For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification.
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Therefore he who rejects this doesn’t reject man, but God, who has also given his Holy Spirit to you.
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