1 Thessalonians 5:19

5:19 Do not extinguish the Spirit.

1 Thessalonians 1:6

1:6 And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, when you received ¹  the message with joy that comes from the Holy Spirit, despite great affliction.

1 Thessalonians 4:8

4:8 Consequently the one who rejects this is not rejecting human authority ²  but God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.

1 Thessalonians 1:5

1:5 in that ³  our gospel did not come to you merely in words, ⁴  but in power and in the Holy Spirit and with deep conviction (surely you recall the character we displayed when we came among you to help you). ⁵ 

1 Thessalonians 5:23

Conclusion

5:23 Now may the God of peace himself make you completely holy and may your spirit and soul and body be kept entirely blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

[1:6]  ¹ tn Or “after you received.”

[4:8]  ¹ tn Grk “rejecting man.”

[1:5]  ¹ tn Or “because.”

[1:5]  ² tn Or “speech,” or “an act of speaking.”

[1:5]  ³ tn Grk “just as you know what sort of people we were among you for your sakes.” Verse 5 reflects on the experience of Paul and his fellow preachers; v. 6 begins to describe the Thessalonians’ response.