1 Thessalonians 4:5
Modern Translations
New International Version
not in passionate lust like the pagans, who do not know God;

New Living Translation
not in lustful passion like the pagans who do not know God and his ways.

English Standard Version
not in the passion of lust like the Gentiles who do not know God;

Berean Study Bible
not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God;

New American Standard Bible
not in lustful passion, like the Gentiles who do not know God;

NASB 1995
not in lustful passion, like the Gentiles who do not know God;

NASB 1977
not in lustful passion, like the Gentiles who do not know God;

Amplified Bible
not [to be used] in lustful passion, like the Gentiles who do not know God and are ignorant of His will;

Christian Standard Bible
not with lustful passions, like the Gentiles, who don’t know God.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
not with lustful desires, like the Gentiles who don't know God.

Contemporary English Version
Don't be a slave of your desires or live like people who don't know God.

Good News Translation
not with a lustful desire, like the heathen who do not know God.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
not in the passionate, lustful way of people who don't know God.

International Standard Version
not with passion and lust like the gentiles who do not know God.

NET Bible
not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:

New King James Version
not in passion of lust, like the Gentiles who do not know God;

King James 2000 Bible
Not in the lust of passion, even as the Gentiles who know not God:

New Heart English Bible
not in the passion of lust, even as the nations who do not know God;

World English Bible
not in the passion of lust, even as the Gentiles who don't know God;

American King James Version
Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:

American Standard Version
not in the passion of lust, even as the Gentiles who know not God;

A Faithful Version
(Not in the passion of lust, even as the Gentiles who do not know God)

Darby Bible Translation
(not in passionate desire, even as the nations who know not God,)

English Revised Version
not in the passion of lust, even as the Gentiles which know not God;

Webster's Bible Translation
Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles who know not God:

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
And not in the lust of concupiscence, euen as the Gentiles which know not God:

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Not in the lust of concupiscence, euen as the gentiles, which knowe not God.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
& not in the lust of concupiscence, as the Heythen which knowe not God.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
and not in the lust of concupiscence as do the hethen which knowe not god
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
not in the affection of desire, as also the nations that were not knowing God,

Berean Literal Bible
not in the passion of lust, as also the Gentiles, not knowing God;

Young's Literal Translation
not in the affection of desire, as also the nations that were not knowing God,

Smith's Literal Translation
Not in the passion of eager desire, as also the nations not knowing God:

Literal Emphasis Translation
Not in the passion of lust, just as the ethnicities not knowing God;

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Not in the passion of lust, like the Gentiles that know not God:

Catholic Public Domain Version
not in passions of lust, like the Gentiles who do not know God,

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And not in the passion of lust, as others of the Gentiles who do not know God;

Lamsa Bible
And not through the passion of lust, even as the rest of the Gentiles who know not God:

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
not in passionate desire, as the Gentiles do, who know not God;

Godbey New Testament
not in the passion of lust, as indeed the Gentiles who do not know God;

Haweis New Testament
not in the vile passion of lewdness, as the Gentiles which know not God;

Mace New Testament
person unsullied by the vices of the Gentiles, who know not God:

Weymouth New Testament
that you be not overmastered by lustful cravings, like the Gentiles who have no knowledge of God;

Worrell New Testament
not in passion of desire, even as the gentiles, who know not God;

Worsley New Testament
not in the passion of lust, like the heathens who know not God.
















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