Mat 5:47, 6:32, Eph 4:17, 1Th 4:5, 1Pe 4:2-4 | ESV | STEP | And if you greet only your brothers , what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same ?

Matthew 5:47

47 And if you greet only your brothers, ^{▼▼Or brothers and sisters. The plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) refers to siblings in a family. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, adelphoi may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters} what more are you doing than others? Do not even ^bthe Gentiles do the same?

Matthew 6:32

32 For ^cthe Gentiles seek after all these things, and ^dyour heavenly Father knows that you need them all.

Ephesians 4:17

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17 Now this I say and ^etestify in the Lord, ^fthat you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, ^gin the futility of their minds.

1 Thessalonians 4:5

5 not in ^hthe passion of lust ⁱlike the Gentiles ^jwho do not know God;

1 Peter 4:2-4

2 ^kso as to live for ^lthe rest of the time in the flesh ^mno longer for human passions but ⁿfor the will of God. 3 For the time that is past ^osuffices ^pfor doing what the Gentiles want to do, living in sensuality, passions, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and lawless idolatry. 4 With respect to this they are surprised when you do not join them in the same flood of ^qdebauchery, and ^rthey malign you;