Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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 4:18-19). A people's morals are like the objects of their worship (Deuteronomy 7:26; Psalms 115:8; Romans 1:23-24).
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