1 Thessalonians 4:7–8
1 Thessalonians 4:7–8 — The New International Version (NIV)
7 For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life. 8 Therefore, anyone who rejects this instruction does not reject a human being but God, the very God who gives you his Holy Spirit.
1 Thessalonians 4:7–8 — English Standard Version (ESV)
7 For God has not called us for impurity, but in holiness. 8 Therefore whoever disregards this, disregards not man but God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.
1 Thessalonians 4:7–8 — New Living Translation (NLT)
7 God has called us to live holy lives, not impure lives. 8 Therefore, anyone who refuses to live by these rules is not disobeying human teaching but is rejecting God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.
1 Thessalonians 4:7–8 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
7 For God did not call us to uncleanness, but in holiness. 8 Therefore he who rejects this does not reject man, but God, who has also given us His Holy Spirit.
1 Thessalonians 4:7–8 — New Century Version (NCV)
7 God called us to be holy and does not want us to live in sin. 8 So the person who refuses to obey this teaching is disobeying God, not simply a human teaching. And God is the One who gives us his Holy Spirit.
1 Thessalonians 4:7–8 — American Standard Version (ASV)
7 For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification. 8 Therefore he that rejecteth, rejecteth not man, but God, who giveth his Holy Spirit unto you.
1 Thessalonians 4:7–8 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
7 For God has not called us to uncleanness, but in sanctification. 8 He therefore that in this disregards his brother, disregards, not man, but God, who has given also his Holy Spirit to you.
1 Thessalonians 4:7–8 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
7 God didn’t call us to be sexually immoral but to be holy. 8 Therefore, whoever rejects this ⸤order⸥ is not rejecting human authority but God, who gives you his Holy Spirit.
1 Thessalonians 4:7–8 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
7 For God has not called us to impurity but to sanctification. 8 Therefore, the person who rejects this does not reject man, but God, who also gives you His Holy Spirit.
1 Thessalonians 4:7–8 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
7 For God did not call us to impurity but in holiness. 8 Therefore whoever rejects this rejects not human authority but God, who also gives his Holy Spirit to you.
1 Thessalonians 4:7–8 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
7 For God did not call us to impurity, but in holiness. 8 Therefore the one who rejects this is not rejecting man, but God, who also gives his Holy Spirit to you.
1 Thessalonians 4:7–8 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
7 God chose us to live pure lives. He wants us to be holy.
8 So if you refuse to accept my teaching, you turn your back on God, not on people. God gives you his Holy Spirit.
1 Thessalonians 4:7–8 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
7 For God has not called us for the purpose of impurity, but in sanctification.
8 So, he who rejects this is not rejecting man but the God who gives His Holy Spirit to you.