1 Thessalonians 5:19
17 Pray without ceasing.
18 Give thanks in every circumstance, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
Do not extinguish the Spirit.
20 Do not treat prophecies with contempt,
21 but test all things. Hold fast to what is good.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Do not extinguish the Spirit.
- KJV
- Quench not the Spirit.
- WEB
- Don’t quench the Spirit.
- ASV
- Quench not the Spirit;
- DARBY
- quench not the Spirit;
- BLB
- Do not quench the Spirit.
- ÅB
- Utslukk ikke Ånden,
- OTB
- Forsøk ikke å slukke Ånden,
- B1930
- Utslukk ikke Ånden,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ephesians 4:30
And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
Read in contextActs 7:51
You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.
Read in context2 Timothy 1:6
For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands.
Read in context1 Timothy 4:14
Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given you through the prophecy spoken over you at the laying on of the hands of the elders.
Read in contextIsaiah 63:10
But they rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit. So He turned and became their enemy, and He Himself fought against them.
Read in contextPsalms 51:11
Cast me not away from Your presence; take not Your Holy Spirit from me.
Read in contextNehemiah 9:30
You were patient with them for many years, and Your Spirit admonished them through Your prophets. Yet they would not listen, so You gave them into the hands of the neighboring peoples.
Read in contextGenesis 6:3
So the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days shall be 120 years.”
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