1 Thessalonians 4:8 “Anyone, then, who rejects this command does not reject man but God, th…”

1 Thessalonians 4:8

Anyone, then, who rejects this command does not reject man but God, the very One who gives you His Holy Spirit.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.

World English Bible

Therefore he who rejects this doesn’t reject man, but God, who has also given his Holy Spirit to you.

American Standard Version

Therefore he that rejecteth, rejecteth not man, but God, who giveth his Holy Spirit unto you.

Geneva Bible 1599

Hee therefore that despiseth these thinges, despiseth not man, but God who hath euen giuen you his holy Spirit.

Darby Translation

He therefore that [in this] disregards [his brother], disregards, not man, but God, who has given also his Holy Spirit to you.

Young's Literal Translation

he, therefore, who is despising — doth not despise man, but God, who also did give His Holy Spirit to us.

Bible in Basic English

Whoever, then, goes against this word, goes against not man but God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.

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Cross references

“despiseth”

1 Samuel 8:7 John 12:48 1 Samuel 10:19

1 Samuel 8:7 · BSB

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.

John 12:48 · BSB

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.

1 Samuel 10:19 · BSB

But today you have rejected your God, who saves you from all your troubles and afflictions, and you have said to Him, ‘No, set a king over us.’ Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes and clans.”

“despiseth not”

Luke 10:16 Proverbs 1:7 Proverbs 23:9 Jude 1:8 Isaiah 49:7 Isaiah 53:10

Luke 10:16 · BSB

Whoever listens to you listens to Me; whoever rejects you rejects Me; and whoever rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.”

Proverbs 1:7 · BSB

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.

Proverbs 23:9 · BSB

Do not speak to a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

Jude 1:8 · BSB

Yet in the same way these dreamers defile their bodies, reject authority, and slander glorious beings.

Isaiah 49:7 · BSB

Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel, to Him who was despised and abhorred by the nation, to the Servant of rulers: “Kings will see You and rise, and princes will bow down, because of the LORD, who is…

Isaiah 53:10 · BSB

Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His h…

“who”

1 John 3:24 2 Peter 1:21 Nehemiah 9:30 1 Corinthians 7:40 1 Corinthians 2:10 1 Peter 1:12

1 John 3:24 · BSB

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.

2 Peter 1:21 · BSB

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.

Nehemiah 9:30 · BSB

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.

1 Corinthians 7:40 · BSB

In my judgment, however, she is happier if she remains as she is. And I think that I too have the Spirit of God.

1 Corinthians 2:10 · BSB

But God has revealed it to us by the Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.

1 Peter 1:12 · BSB

It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves, but you, when they foretold the things now announced by those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look in…

Also

Romans 5:5 Galatians 4:6

Romans 5:5 · BSB

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.

Galatians 4:6 · BSB

And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

7For God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness.

9Now about brotherly love, you do not need anyone to write to you, because you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another.

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