King James Version (KJV)
1 Thessalonians 4:5
“Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:”
Verse in context — 1 Thessalonians 4
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For this is the will of God, [even] your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
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That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;
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Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:
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That no [man] go beyond and defraud his brother in [any] matter: because that the Lord [is] the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.
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For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
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