1 Thessalonians 4:8
6 and no one should ever violate or exploit his brother in this regard, because the Lord will avenge all such acts, as we have already told you and solemnly warned you.
7 For God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness.
Anyone, then, who rejects this command does not reject man but God, the very One who gives you His Holy Spirit.
9 Now about brotherly love, you do not need anyone to write to you, because you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another.
10 And you are indeed showing this love to all the brothers throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to excel more and more
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Anyone, then, who rejects this command does not reject man but God, the very One who gives you His Holy Spirit.
- KJV
- He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.
- WEB
- Therefore he who rejects this doesn’t reject man, but God, who has also given his Holy Spirit to you.
- ASV
- Therefore he that rejecteth, rejecteth not man, but God, who giveth his Holy Spirit unto you.
- DARBY
- He therefore that [in this] disregards [his brother], disregards, not man, but God, who has given also his Holy Spirit to you.
- BLB
- So then, the one setting [this] aside does not set aside man but God, the One also giving His Holy Spirit to you⁺.
- ÅB
- Den altså som ringeakter dette, han ringeakter ikke et menneske, men Gud, som også gir sin Hellige Ånd i dere.
- OTB
- Derfor, den som avviser dette, avviser ikke mennesket, men Gud, som gir sin Hellige Ånd til dere.
- B1930
- Den altså som ringeakter dette, han ringeakter ikke et menneske, men Gud, som også gir sin Hellige Ånd i eder.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 John 3:24
Whoever keeps His commandments remains in God, and God in him. And by this we know that He remains in us: by the Spirit He has given us.
Read in contextLuke 10:16
Whoever listens to you listens to Me; whoever rejects you rejects Me; and whoever rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.”
Read in context1 Samuel 8:7
And the LORD said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you. For it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected Me as their king.
Read in contextJohn 12:48
There is a judge for the one who rejects Me and does not receive My words: The word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day.
Read in context2 Peter 1:21
For no such prophecy was ever brought forth by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
Read in contextProverbs 23:9
Do not speak to a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
Read in contextRomans 5:5
And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us.
Read in contextProverbs 1:7
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
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