Despiseth not man, but God,— The apostles and evangelists alone had the whole scheme of the gospel revelation immediately from God, and were the great fountains of Christian knowledge, as it related either to faith or practice. They therefore were to be attended to, as truly divine oracles; and he that despised them despised that Spirit from whom they had their inspiration: and if we understand it according to the common reading,—that God had given his Holy Spirit to the apostles, and that what they taught was by divine inspiration, and therefore not to be despised, we shall see confirmations of this great truth, in Luke 10:16. Acts 5:4. 1 Corinthians 2:10; 1 Corinthians 2:12; 1 Corinthians 11:23; 1 Corinthians 15:1; 1 Corinthians 15:3. Galatians 1:11-12.
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1 Thessalonians 4:8
8 He therefore that despiseth,c despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.