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1 Thessalonians 4:8

He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.
1 Thessalonians 4:8 · King James Version

In other versions

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

    ASV

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

    BBE

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

    DBY

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

    WEB

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

    YLT

  • He therefore that despises, despises not man, but God, who has also given unto us his holy Spirit.

    ENG

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

    WBT

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

    BSB

In context

6That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.

7For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.

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

9But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.

10And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more;

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