1 Thes 4:5 Cross References
1 Thessalonians 4:5
5: not in lustful passion as the pagans do, in their ignorance of God and his ways.
Galatians 4:8
- Before you Gentiles knew God, you were slaves to so-called gods that do not even exist.
Romans 1:26
- That is why God abandoned them to their shameful desires. Even the women turned against the natural way to have sex and instead indulged in sex with each other.
Acts 17:30
- God overlooked people's former ignorance about these things, but now he commands everyone everywhere to turn away from idols and turn to him.
- For he has set a day for judging the world with justice by the man he has appointed, and he proved to everyone who this is by raising him from the dead."
Ephesians 4:17
- With the Lord's authority let me say this: Live no longer as the ungodly do, for they are hopelessly confused.
- Their closed minds are full of darkness; they are far away from the life of God because they have shut their minds and hardened their hearts against him.
- They don't care anymore about right and wrong, and they have given themselves over to immoral ways. Their lives are filled with all kinds of impurity and greed.
2 Thessalonians 1:8
- in flaming fire, bringing judgment on those who don't know God and on those who refuse to obey the Good News of our Lord Jesus.
Colossians 3:5
- So put to death the sinful, earthly things lurking within you. Have nothing to do with sexual sin, impurity, lust, and shameful desires. Don't be greedy for the good things of this life, for that is idolatry.
Romans 1:28
- When they refused to acknowledge God, he abandoned them to their evil minds and let them do things that should never be done.
Romans 1:24
- So God let them go ahead and do whatever shameful things their hearts desired. As a result, they did vile and degrading things with each other's bodies.
1 Peter 4:3
- You have had enough in the past of the evil things that godless people enjoy--their immorality and lust, their feasting and drunkenness and wild parties, and their terrible worship of idols.
1 Corinthians 1:21
- Since God in his wisdom saw to it that the world would never find him through human wisdom, he has used our foolish preaching to save all who believe.
Luke 12:30
- These things dominate the thoughts of most people, but your Father already knows your needs.
Matthew 6:32
- Why be like the pagans who are so deeply concerned about these things? Your heavenly Father already knows all your needs,
Ephesians 2:12
- In those days you were living apart from Christ. You were excluded from God's people, Israel, and you did not know the promises God had made to them. You lived in this world without God and without hope.
1 Corinthians 15:34
- Come to your senses and stop sinning. For to your shame I say that some of you don't even know God.
Acts 17:23
- for as I was walking along I saw your many altars. And one of them had this inscription on it--'To an Unknown God.' You have been worshiping him without knowing who he is, and now I wish to tell you about him.