not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God;
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"
Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God: (4) The third, because the saints are distinguished by honesty and purity from those who do not know God.
in the lust--Greek, "passion"; which implies that such a one is unconsciously the passive slave of lust. which know not God--and so know no better. Ignorance of true religion is the parent of unchastity (Eph 4:18-19). A people's morals are like the objects of their worship (Deu 7:26; Psa 115:8; Rom 1:23-24).