Don’t desire to commit sexual sins like people who don’t know God.

不放纵私欲的邪情，像那不认识神的外邦人。

不放纵私欲的邪情，像不认识上帝的外邦人。

不放纵私欲的邪情，像不认识神的外邦人。

不可荒淫纵欲，像那些不认识上帝的外族人一样。

不要放纵邪情私欲，像那些不认识神的外族人一样；

而不要像那些不认识神的外邦人那样，放纵邪情私欲；

不放縱私慾的邪情，像那不認識神的外邦人。

不放縱私慾的邪情，像不認識上帝的外邦人。

不放縱私慾的邪情，像不認識神的外邦人。

不可荒淫縱慾，像那些不認識上帝的外族人一樣。

不要放縱邪情私慾，像那些不認識神的外族人一樣；

不用私慾的邪情、像那些不認識上帝的外國人那樣。

而不要像那些不認識神的外邦人那樣，放縱邪情私慾；

毋縱慾、猶不識上帝之異邦人、

毋縱慾、如異邦人不識上帝、

勿縱慾如彼不知天主之異邦人、

切勿縱情恣慾、如異邦不識天主者所為也、凡因縱情、

not in passionate lust like the pagans, who do not know God;

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

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

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

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

not in passion of lust, like the Gentiles who do not know God;

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

not with lustful desires, like the Gentiles who don’t know God.

Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:

not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God.

not in the passion of lust, even as the Gentiles who don’t know God,

At one time you didn’t know God. You were slaves to gods that are really not gods at all.

So God let them continue to have their shameful desires. Their women committed sexual acts that were not natural.

In the past, God didn’t judge people for what they didn’t know. But now he commands all people everywhere to turn away from their sins.He has set a day when he will judge the world fairly. He has appointed a man to be its judge. God has proved this to everyone by raising that man from the dead.”

He will punish those who don’t know God. He will punish those who don’t obey the good news about our Lord Jesus.

God wisely planned that the world would not know him through its own wisdom. It pleased God to use the foolish things we preach to save those who believe.

People who are ungodly run after all those things. Your Father knows that you need them.

You should come back to your senses and stop sinning. Some of you don’t know anything about God. I say this to make you ashamed.

They didn’t think it was important to know God. So God let them continue to have evil thoughts. They did things they shouldn’t do.

People who are ungodly run after all those things. Your Father who is in heaven knows that you need them.

So God let them go. He allowed them to do what their sinful hearts wanted to. He let them commit sexual sins. They made one another’s bodies impure by what they did.

You have spent enough time in the past doing what ungodly people choose to do. You lived a wild life. You longed for evil things. You got drunk. You went to wild parties. You worshiped statues of gods, which the Lord hates.

Before you believed in Christ, you were separated from him. You were not considered to be citizens of Israel. You were not included in what the covenants promised. You were without hope and without God in the world.

Here is what I’m telling you. I am speaking for the Lord as I warn you. You must no longer live as the Gentiles do. Their thoughts don’t have any purpose.They can’t understand the truth. They are separated from the life of God. That’s because they don’t know him. And they don’t know him because their hearts are stubborn.They have lost all feeling for what is right. So they have given themselves over to all kinds of evil pleasures. They take part in every kind of unclean act. And they are full of greed.

So put to death anything that comes from sinful desires. Get rid of sexual sins and impure acts. Don’t let your feelings get out of control. Remove from your life all evil desires. Stop always wanting more and more. You might as well be worshiping statues of gods.

As I walked around, I looked carefully at the things you worship. I even found an altar with to an unknown god written on it. So you don’t know what you are worshiping. Now I am going to tell you about this‘ unknown god.’