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1Th 4:5. Μὴ ἐν πάθει ἐπιθυμίας, not in the lust of concupiscence) As concupiscence gains the mastery, it at length waxes strong, so as to become a wretched passion and disease, 2Sa 13:4.-τὰ ἔθνη, the Gentiles) These are also denoted at 1Th 4:12-13, by different periphrases [“them that are without,” 1Th 4:11 : ‘others,’ οἱ λοιποί, 1Th 4:13].-τὰ μὴ εἰδότα, who know not) Ignorance is the origin of unchastity, Rom 1:24. [Look at the serenity of heaven, and thou wilt conceive a loathing of impurity.-V. g.]