1 Thessalonians 4:8

WEB

⁸Therefore he who rejects this doesn’t reject man, but God, who has also given his Holy Spirit to you.

KJV

⁸He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.

BSB

⁸Anyone, then, who rejects this command does not reject man but God, the very One who gives you His Holy Spirit.

FBV

⁸So anyone who rejects this position isn't just rejecting what a human being is saying; they are rejecting God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.

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Extra References

1 John 3:24

²⁴He who keeps his commandments remains in him, and he in him. By this we know that he remains in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.

Luke 10:16

¹⁶^[+] Whoever listens to you listens to me, and whoever rejects you rejects me. Whoever rejects me rejects him who sent me.”

John 12:48

⁴⁸He who rejects me, and doesn’t receive my sayings, has one who judges him. The word that I spoke will judge him in the last day.

1 Samuel 8:7

⁷The LORD said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they tell you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me as the king over them.

Romans 5:5

⁵and hope doesn’t disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

Proverbs 23:9

⁹Don’t speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

2 Peter 1:21

²¹For no prophecy ever came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke, being moved by the Holy Spirit.

Proverbs 1:7

⁷The fear of the LORD ^[+] is the beginning of knowledge, but the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.

1 Corinthians 7:40

⁴⁰But she is happier if she stays as she is, in my judgment, and I think that I also have God’s Spirit.

Jude 1:8

⁸Yet in the same way, these also in their dreaming defile the flesh, despise authority, and slander celestial beings.