1 Thessalonians 4:8

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Therefore, whoever rejects this ⌞order⌟ is not rejecting human authority but God, who gives you his Holy Spirit.

Cross References

Nehemiah 9:30

You were patient with them for many years. You warned them by your Spirit through your prophets. However, they wouldn’t listen. So you handed them over to the people in the surrounding nations.

Exodus 16:8

Moses also said, “The Lord will give you meat to eat in the evening and all the food you want in the morning. The Lord has heard you complaining about him. Who are we? You’re not complaining about us but about the Lord.”

Proverbs 1:7

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge. Stubborn fools despise wisdom and discipline.

Proverbs 23:9

Do not talk directly to a fool, because he will despise the wisdom of your words.

Isaiah 49:7

The Lord is the defender of Israel, its Holy One. This is what the Lord says to the despised one, to the one scorned by the nation, to the slave of rulers: Kings will see ⌞you⌟ and stand. Princes will see ⌞you⌟ and bow. The Lord is faithful. The Holy One of Israel has chosen you.

Isaiah 53:10

Yet, it was the Lord’s will to crush him with suffering. When the Lord has made his life a sacrifice for our wrongdoings, he will see his descendants for many days. The will of the Lord will succeed through him.

Luke 10:16

“The person who hears you hears me, and the person who rejects you rejects me. The person who rejects me rejects the one who sent me.”

John 12:48

Those who reject me by not accepting what I say have a judge appointed for them. The words that I have spoken will judge them on the last day.

Acts 13:41

‘Look, you mockers! Be amazed and die! I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe even if it were reported to you!’ ”

Romans 5:5

We’re not ashamed to have this confidence, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.

1 Corinthians 2:10

God has revealed those things to us by his Spirit. The Spirit searches everything, especially the deep things of God.

1 Corinthians 7:40

However, she will be more blessed if she stays as she is. That is my opinion, and I think that I, too, have God’s Spirit.

2 Corinthians 1:22

In addition, he has put his seal ⌞of ownership⌟ on us and has given us the Spirit as his guarantee.

Galatians 4:6

Because you are God’s children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into us to call out, “Abba!  Father!”

1 Peter 1:12

God revealed to the prophets that the things they had spoken were not for their own benefit but for yours. What the prophets had spoken, the Holy Spirit, who was sent from heaven, has now made known to you by those who spread the Good News among you. These are things that even the angels want to look into.

2 Peter 1:21

No prophecy ever originated from humans. Instead, it was given by the Holy Spirit as humans spoke under God’s direction.

1 John 3:24

Those who obey Christ’s commandments live in God, and God lives in them. We know that he lives in us because he has given us the Spirit.

Jude 1:8

Yet, in a similar way, the people who slipped in among you are dreamers. They contaminate their bodies with sin, reject the Lord’s authority, and insult his glory.

1 Samuel 10:19

But now you have rejected your God, who saves you from all your troubles and distresses. You said, ‘No! Place a king over us.’ Now then, stand in front of the Lord by your tribes and family groups.”

1 Samuel 8:7

The Lord told Samuel, “Listen to everything the people are saying to you. They haven’t rejected you; they’ve rejected me.