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1 Thessalonians 4:7–8

For rGod has not called us for simpurity, but in holiness. Therefore twhoever disregards this, disregards not man but God, uwho gives his Holy Spirit to you.

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1 Thessalonians 4:7–8 — The New International Version (NIV)

For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life. 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 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

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

1 Thessalonians 4:7–8 — New Living Translation (NLT)

God has called us to live holy lives, not impure lives. 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)

For God did not call us to uncleanness, but in holiness. 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)

God called us to be holy and does not want us to live in sin. 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)

For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification. 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)

For God has not called us to uncleanness, but in sanctification. 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)

God didn’t call us to be sexually immoral but to be holy. 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)

For God has not called us to impurity but to sanctification. 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)

For God did not call us to impurity but in holiness. 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)

For God did not call us to impurity, but in holiness. 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)

God chose us to live pure lives. He wants us to be holy.

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)

For God has not called us for the purpose of impurity, but in sanctification.

So, he who rejects this is not rejecting man but the God who gives His Holy Spirit to you.


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