Teks -- 1 Thessalonians 4:8 (NET)

4:8 Consequently the one who rejects this is not rejecting human authority but God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.

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Robertson: 1Th 4:8 - Therefore

Therefore ( toigaroun ).

This old triple compound particle (toi , gar , oun ) is in the N.T. only here and Heb 12:1. Paul applies the logic of the case.

Robertson: 1Th 4:8 - He that rejecteth

He that rejecteth ( ho athetōn ).

This late verb (Polybius and lxx) is from ȧthetos (a privative and verbal of tithēmi , to proscribe a thing, to annul it.

Robertson: 1Th 4:8 - But God

But God ( alla ton theon ).

Paul sees this clearly and modern atheists see it also. In order to justify their licentiousness they do not hesitate to set aside God.

Vincent: 1Th 4:8 - Despiseth

Despiseth ( ἀθετῶν )

Better, rejecteth . Setteth aside. Comp. Gal 2:21; Gal 3:15; 1Co 1:19. Used in N.T. both of persons and things.

Vincent: 1Th 4:8 - His Holy Spirit

His Holy Spirit ( τὸ πνεῦμα αὐτοῦ τὸ ἅγιον )

Solemn and emphatic: His Spirit , the holy . Similarly, Act 15:8, Act 15:28; Act 19:6; Act 20:23; Eph 1:13; Eph 4:30.

Wesley: 1Th 4:8 - He that despiseth

The commandments we gave.

Wesley: 1Th 4:8 - Despiseth God

Himself.

Wesley: 1Th 4:8 - Who hath also given you his Holy Spirit

To convince you of the truth, and enable you to be holy. What naked majesty of words! How oratorical, and yet with what great simplicity! - a simplicity that does not impair, but improve, the understanding to the utmost; that, like the rays of heat through a glass, collects all the powers of reason into one orderly point, from being scattered abroad in utter confusion.

JFB: 1Th 4:8 - despiseth, &c.

Greek, "setteth at naught" such engagements imposed on him in his calling, 1Th 4:7; in relation to his "brother," 1Th 4:6. He who doth so, "sets at naught not man (as for instance his brother), but God" (Psa 51:4) is used of despising or rejecting God's minister, it may mean here, "He who despiseth" or "rejecteth" these our ministerial precepts.

JFB: 1Th 4:8 - who hath also given unto us

So some oldest manuscripts read, but most oldest manuscripts read, "Who (without 'also') giveth (present) unto you" (not "us").

JFB: 1Th 4:8 - his Spirit

Greek, "His own Spirit, the Holy (One)"; thus emphatically marking "holiness" (1Th 4:7) as the end for which the Holy (One) is being given. "Unto you," in the Greek, implies that the Spirit is being given unto, into (put "into" your hearts), and among you (compare 1Th 2:9; Eph 4:30). "Giveth" implies that sanctification is not merely a work once for all accomplished in the past, but a present progressive work. So the Church of England Catechism, "sanctifieth (present) all the elect people of God." "His own" implies that as He gives you that which is essentially identical with Himself, He expects you should become like Himself (1Pe 1:16; 2Pe 1:4).

Clarke: 1Th 4:8 - He therefore that despiseth

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 4:15

Clarke: 1Th 4:8 - Hath also given unto us his Holy Spirit

Hath also given unto us his Holy Spirit - Instead of εις ἡμας, unto Us, εις ὑμας, unto You, is the reading of BDEFG, a great many others, the Syriac, all the Arabic, Armenian, later Syriac in the margin, some of the Itala, Clement, Didymus, and Ambrosiaster; this seems to be the better reading. God has taught us that we may teach you; and he has also given you his Holy Spirit that ye might understand and be enabled to practice these things. It is one thing to receive a revelation from the Spirit of God; it is another thing to receive that Spirit to enable a man to live according to that revelation. In the first sense the apostles alone received this Holy Spirit; in the latter sense all true Christians, as well as the Thessalonians, receive it. I think ὑμας, you, is the true reading, and that it is confirmed by the following verse: For ye yourselves are Taught of God to love one another. Griesbach has inserted it in the margin, but has not admitted it into the text, because it has not what he deemed full support from those MSS. which are of the Alexandrian recension; but he thought its genuineness very probable.

Calvin: 1Th 4:8 - Who hath also given

8.Who hath also given. That he may the more effectually turn away the Thessalonians from such contempt and obstinacy, he reminds them that they had been endowed with the Spirit of God, first, in order that they may distinguish what proceeds from God; secondly, that they make such a difference as is befitting between holiness and impurity; and thirdly, that, with heavenly authority, they may pronounce judgment against all manner of unchastity — such as will fall upon their own heads, unless they keep aloof from contagion. Hence, however wicked men may treat with ridicule all instructions that are given as to a holy life and the fear of God, those that are endowed with the Spirit of God have a very different testimony sealed upon their hearts. We must therefore take heed, lest we should extinguish or obliterate it. At the same time, this may refer to Paul and the other teachers, as though he had said, that it is not from human perception that they condemn unchastity, but they pronounce from the authority of God what has been suggested to them by his Spirit. I am inclined, however, to include both. Some manuscripts have the second person — you, which restricts the gift of the Spirit to the Thessalonians.

Defender: 1Th 4:8 - but God

Since our bodies are now temples of the indwelling Holy Spirit (God Himself), it is insulting to Him if we misuse those bodies in fornication or any uncleanness (1Co 6:19, 1Co 6:20)."

TSK: 1Th 4:8 - despiseth // despiseth not // who

despiseth : or, rejecteth, 1Sa 8:7, 1Sa 10:19; Joh 12:48

despiseth not : Pro 1:7, Pro 23:9; Isa 49:7, Isa 53:10; Luk 10:16; Act 13:41; Jud 1:8

who : Neh 9:30; Act 5:3, Act 5:4; 1Co 2:10, 1Co 7:40; 1Pe 1:12; 2Pe 1:21; 1Jo 3:24

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Poole: 1Th 4:7-8 - Who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit

Ver. 7,8. These two verses are added, as further arguments to persuade to that chastity he had spoken of, called sanctification, 1Th 4:3,4 . The first is taken from their Christian calling, which is not to uncleanness, but to chastity, called holiness When they were Gentiles in state, they lived in the lust of uncleanness, but they were now called by the power of the gospel, and brought to such a profession that did forbid and condemn it. And the author of their call is God himself, though the apostles and other ministers were the instruments. Whence he fetcheth this second argument, 1Th 4:8 , that if this chastity he despised, or rejected, as we may read the text, it is not man, but God, that is despised. To despise a minister in a commandment he delivers from God is to despise God himself, Luk 10:16 , &c.; and the apostle doth here intimate, not to obey the commandment of God is a despising God. Or, that the apostle was despised by some because of the outward meanness of his person, or questioning his authority.

Who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit: this he adds as a third argument; so that what he had preached to them, was not from himself, but from the Holy Spirit. Or if by us he means these Thessalonians also, as some copies read it, he hath given you, &c., then he argues from the gift of the Holy Spirit they had received against living in the sin of uncleanness. This would be very disagreeable, not only to their holy calling, but the Holy Spirit God had given them. Or else these arguments of the apostle are to persuade to universal holiness, taking sanctification and holiness in a larger sense; and uncleanness, for all sin in general standing opposite thereunto. Sin is often spoken of in Scripture under the notion of filth, defilement, pollution, &c., and so was typed forth under the law; and to be cleansed from sin is a cleansing man from filthiness, 2Co 7:1 ; so that to live in sin, as the apostle argues, is to live in uncleanness, to contradict our holy calling, to despise God, and to walk contrary to the nature and dictates of his Holy Spirit.

Gill: 1Th 4:8 - He therefore that despiseth // despiseth not man // who hath also given unto us his Holy Spirit

He therefore that despiseth,.... The Vulgate Latin adds, "these things"; these exhortations now delivered, the commandments given by the Lord Jesus Christ, and the will of God above declared; he that rejects these things with contempt, takes no notice of them, and acts not according to them,

despiseth not man; not men only, the apostles of Christ, and ministers of the Gospel; for, by despising these exhortations, they themselves were despised, though not alone: but God; Father, Son, and Spirit; God the Father, whose will was their sanctification, even to abstain from fornication, and every act of uncleanness, which, if not attended to, was a despising of him; and the Lord Jesus Christ, by whom, and for whose sake they were entreated and exhorted, and in whose name, and by whose authority the apostle gave them these commandments; wherefore to slight them, was to slight Jesus Christ himself; and, by the way, this is a proof of the true and proper deity of Christ. Moreover, such despisers also, in some sense, do despite unto the spirit of grace, by whom the apostles spake, or who spoke in them these things, as follows,

who hath also given unto us his Holy Spirit; as he did to the prophets of the Old Testament, and therefore what they said was equally by divine inspiration of God; and hence despising them, was despising the Spirit of God that spake by them. The Syriac and Arabic versions read, "who hath given unto you his Holy Spirit"; and so all Stephens's copies; which furnishes out a fresh reason or argument, dissuading from uncleanness, since God had given them his "Spirit" to convince them of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment, so that they were not ignorant of the things warned against; and he had given them his Spirit as an "holy" Spirit, as a Spirit of sanctification, to begin and carry on that work in them, to which uncleanness was very opposite; and he had given his Spirit unto, or "into" them, to dwell in them, as in his temple, and therefore should be careful not to defile it; and to cause them to walk in his statutes, and to assist them to keep his judgments, and do them, and as an earnest of their inheritance, and a sealer of them up unto the day of redemption; wherefore it became them not to grieve him by an impure life; and they were laid under obligations to live in the Spirit, and to walk after him, and not after the flesh.