E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Thessalonians 4:5
lust . Greek. pathos. See Romans 1:26 . The Revised Version renders it "passion". concupiscence = lust, or desire. Gentiles = Gentiles also. read more
帖撒羅尼迦前書 4:4-6 Cunpts
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Thessalonians 4:6
no man = that he (should) not ( App-105 ). go beyond . Greek. huperbaino. Only here. defraud . Greek. pleonekteo. See 2 Corinthians 2:11 . any = the. avenger . Greek. ekdikos. Only here and Romans 13:4 . of = concerning. App-104 . such = such (sins). also have forewarned = forewarned also. Greek. proeipo. Only here; Acts 1:16 . Galatians 1:5 , Galatians 1:21 . testified . Greek. diamarturomai. See Acts 2:40 . read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Thessalonians 4:4
that each one of you know how to possess himself of his own vessel in sanctification and honor,The meaning of this passage is disputed, but it seems to be improperly so. The RSV rendered this passage:That each one of you take a wife for himself in holiness and honor.The excuse for such a translation derives from the double meaning of two Greek words in the passage: (1) possess, which in classical Greek is sometimes used in the sense of acquire; and (2) vessel which is capable of meaning either... read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Thessalonians 4:5
not in the passion of lust, even as the Gentiles who know not God;Some have expressed surprise that Paul spoke so forthrightly in this passage regarding the lustful sins of fornication and impurity; but, aside from the fact of every generation's needing such instruction, the low pagan culture of the Gentile world of that era made it especially mandatory that in the matter of sexual purity the Christians should maintain the position of honor which their sanctification required. "The moral sense... read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Thessalonians 4:6
that no man transgress, and wrong his brother in the matter: because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as also we forewarned you and testified."There is no change of subject here, from licentiousness to dishonesty. Paul is still dealing with the immorality of men, only, now, as a form of social dishonesty and fraud."[14] Of course, Paul's use of the term "defraud" suggests business dealings; but it should not be overlooked that all sexual dishonesty and indulgence is a fraud... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Thessalonians 4:5
1 Thessalonians 4:5. As the Gentiles, which know not God,— The idolatrous Gentiles in general, and those of Thessalonica in particular, were remarkable for their impurity; and how brutish and preternatural the vices of many in the heathen world were, and those not condemned, but practised in the world instances, by their philosophers, may be seen in numbers of ancient Greek and Latin authors. And were those philosophers the fit men to educate youth? to shew them the beauty of virtue, and the... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Thessalonians 4:6
1 Thessalonians 4:6. That no man go beyond and defraud, &c.— And finally, that no one over-reach or injure his brother in that respect; namely, of adultery or impurity. All the best commentators allow this to be the sense of the passage. read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Thessalonians 4:4
4. know—by moral self-control. how to possess his vessel—rather as Greek, "how to acquire (get for himself) his own vessel," that is, that each should have his own wife so as to avoid fornication (1 Thessalonians 4:3; 1 Corinthians 7:2). The emphatical position of "his own" in the Greek, and the use of "vessel" for wife, in 1 Peter 3:7, and in common Jewish phraseology, and the correct translation "acquire," all justify this rendering. in sanctification— (Romans 6:19; 1 Corinthians 6:15; 1... read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Thessalonians 4:5
5. 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 (Ephesians 4:18; Ephesians 4:19). A people's morals are like the objects of their worship (Deuteronomy 7:26; Psalms 115:8; Romans 1:23; Romans 1:24). read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Thessalonians 4:4
every = each. possess . Greek. ktaomai. See Luke 21:19 . his = his own. vessel . Greek. skeuos . Compare 1 Peter 3:7 . read more