Paul writes that to defraud another person, or to sin against another person is to despise him or her. Our choices reveal a self focused heart. It has become obvious that we esteem our wants and needs as more important than the other person's.
What is astounding is Paul's final argument on the subject. "He therefore that despises, despises not man, but God ..." (1 Thessalonians 4:3-8).
When we sin against a person, we sin against God.
Why? Because God called us to holiness and our act of despising someone means we are despising something God made and we are directly rejecting God's gift of holiness. God takes it personally.
