1 Thessalonians 4:8 BSB

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.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

He therefore that despiseth - He who will not receive these teachings, and is led either to undervalue or despise them, despises not us but God, from whom we have received our commission, and by whose Spirit we give these directions. See Clarke’s note on 1Th 4:

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
τοιγαροῦν	toigaroun	So then	G5105 →
ὁ	ho	the [one]	G3588 →
ἀθετῶν	athetōn	rejecting [this]	G114 →
οὐκ	ouk	not	G3756 →
ἄνθρωπον	anthrōpon	man	G444 →
ἀθετεῖ	athetei	disregards	G114 →
ἀλλὰ	alla	but	G235 →
τὸν	ton	<the>	G3588 →
θεὸν	theon	God	G2316 →
τὸν	ton	the [One]	G3588 →
καὶ	kai	also	G2532 →
διδόντα	didonta	giving	G1325 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
πνεῦμα	pneuma	Spirit	G4151 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	of Him	G846 →
τὸ	to	<the>	G3588 →
ἅγιον	hagion	Holy	G40 →
εἰς	eis	to	G1519 →
ὑμᾶς.¶	humas	you.	G4771 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Romans 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.
leads to
- Galatians 4:6
  And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!”
- Ephesians 3:16–19
  I ask that out of the riches of His glory He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being,
- Philippians 1:20
  I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have complete boldness so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or…
- 2 Timothy 1:12
  For this reason, even though I suffer as I do, I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have…
- 2 Corinthians 1:22
  placed His seal on us, and put His Spirit in our hearts as a pledge of what is to come.
Through
John 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.
leads to
- Luke 10:16
  Whoever listens to you listens to Me; whoever rejects you rejects Me; and whoever rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
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.
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 3:16
  Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?
Through
Luke 10:16
Whoever listens to you listens to Me; whoever rejects you rejects Me; and whoever rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.”
leads to
- John 13:20
  Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever receives the one I send receives Me, and whoever receives Me receives the One who sent Me.”