Catholic Public Domain Version
"And so, whoever despises these teachings, does not despise man, but God, who has even provided his Holy Spirit within us. "
— 1 Thessalonians 4:8, Catholic Public Domain Version
“He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.”
“Therefore he that rejecteth, rejecteth not man, but God, who giveth his Holy Spirit unto you. ”
“Therefore he who rejects this doesn't reject man, but God, who has also given his Holy Spirit to you.”
“Consequently the one who rejects this is not rejecting human authority but God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.”
“Therefore, he that despiseth these things, despiseth not man, but God, who also hath given his holy Spirit in us.”
“Whoever, then, goes against this word, goes against not man but God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.”
“He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.”
not in passions of lust, like the Gentiles who do not know God,
and that no one should overwhelm or circumvent his brother in business. For the Lord is the vindicator of all these things, just as we have preached and testified to you.
For God has not called us to impurity, but to sanctification.
And so, whoever despises these teachings, does not despise man, but God, who has even provided his Holy Spirit within us.
But concerning the charity of brotherhood, we have no need to write to you. For you yourselves have learned from God that you should love one another.
For indeed, you act in this way with all the brothers in all of Macedonia. But we petition you, brothers, so that you may abound all the more,
to choose work that allows you to be tranquil, and to carry out your business and to do your work with your own hands, just as we have instructed you,