not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God;
Here we have, I. An exhortation to abound in holiness, to abound more and more in that which is good, Th1 4:1, Th1 4:2. We may observe, 1. The manner in which the exhortation is given - very affectionately. The apostle entreats them as brethren; he calls them so, and loved them as such.
Commenting on 1 Thessalonians 4:1-8
Not in the lust of concupiscence,.... Or "passion of lust"; for the mere gratifying and indulging of that; for a man so to possess his vessel, is to cherish the sin of concupiscence, the first motions of sin in the heart, by which a man is drawn away, and enticed; to blow up the flame of lust, and to make provision for the flesh to...
Verse 5. Not in the lust of concupiscence. In gross gratifications. Even as the Gentiles. This was, and is, a common vice among the heathen. ; ; , and the reports of missionaries everywhere. Which know not God. , ; . (*) "concupiscence" "not given up to lustful passions" (a) "Gentiles"