prove all things; hold fast that which is good [Sift the bad from the good (1 John 4:1-13), and cherish the good. To this corresponds the "unwritten saying" attributed to Jesus, "Show yourselves approved money-changers;" i. e., distinguish between the true coin and the counterfeit. Surely such advice has always been pertinent, when false teaching of every kind abounds];
Verse 21. _PROVE ALL THINGS_] Whatever ye hear in these _prophesyings_ or preachings, examine by the words of Christ, and by the doctrines which, from time to time, we have delivered unto you in our p...
PROVE ALL THINGS - Subject everything submitted to you to be believed to the proper test. The word here used (δοκιμάζετε dokimazete), is one that is properly applicable to metals, referring to the ar...
V. THE DAY OF THE LORD AND EXHORTATIONS CHAPTER 5 _ 1. The day of the Lord 1 Thessalonians 5:1)_ 2. Exhortations 1 Thessalonians 5:12) 3. Conclusions 1 Thes
SUNDRY COUNSELS AND EXHORTATIONS. 1 Thessalonians 5:12. Christians are urged to respect their leaders. No officers and ministers are mentioned in this epistle, but this verse implies that the Church h...
LIKE A THIEF IN THE NIGHT (1 Thessalonians 5:1-11)...
We ask you, brothers, to give due recognition to those who labour among you and to those who preside over you in the Lord and admonish you, and to hold them very highly in love because of the work tha...
PROVE. Greek. _dokimazo._ See Romans 12:2.Ephesians 6:10; 1 John 4:1. HOLDFAST. Greek. _katecho._ See Matthew 21:38....
_Prove all_things; _hold fast_that which is _good_ Some of the best ancient authorities read, BUT PROVE ALL THINGS. In any case, this exhortation, while capable of the widest application, arises out o...
Section VII. Rules for the Sanctified Life. Ch. 1 Thessalonians 5:12-24 In Section v. (ch. 1 Thessalonians 4:1-12) the _saintship_of his readers supplied the basis and the nerve of the Apostle's char...
ΔΕ in the first clause is omitted by א*A and many minn., cop syrpesh, Or Bas Chr Tert Ambrst, probably through confusion with the following syllable in the continuous uncial script: πανταδεδοκιμαζετε;...
§ 11. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24. Directions for Holy Living In § 7 (1 Thessalonians 4:1-12) _the saintship_ of the Thessalonians supplied the basis and the nerve of the Apostles’ charge. The virtues of...
ΠΆΝΤΑ _пот. pl. от_ ΠΆΣ (G3956) все, все вещи. Здесь это понятие неограничено: "что бы то ни было" (Lightfoot, Notes), ΔΟΚΙΜΆΖΕΤΕ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΔΟΚΙΜΆΖΩ (G2290) одобрять после проверки (_см...
DISCOURSE: 2207 INVESTIGATION OF TRUTH RECOMMENDED 1 Thessalonians 5:21. _Prove all things; hold fast that which is good_. THERE are many who, either from an indifference about truth, or from a conce...
PROVE ALL THINGS, &C.— Though they were not to _despise prophesyings,_ yet they were not to receive every thing which might be so called; but to _prove_ and _examine_ all things that went under that n...
TEXT (1 Thessalonians 5:21-22) 21 PROVE ALL THINGS; HOLD FAST THAT WHICH IS GOOD; 22 ABSTAIN FROM EVERY FORM OF EVIL. Translation and Paraphrase 21. Test all things (whatever you may hear or see....
Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. B Delta G f g, Vulgate, insert, 'but.' 'Aleph (') A C omit it. You ought indeed not to "quench the Spirit" nor "despise prophesyings;" 'but,' at the...
THE LORD'S PRESENCE THOSE DROWSING THOSE DROWSING 4 The day of the Lord with its terrors and destruction is not for us. The cry of "peace and security" should not lull us to sleep. We should be on t...
THE NEED OF WATCHFULNESS. FINAL INJUNCTIONS 1. Times and seasons] St. Paul always lays stress on the uncertainty as to the TIME of the Advent (2 Thessalonians 2:2 cp. 2 Peter 3:3)....
PROVE] better, 'test.' You must test all these thoughts by spiritual standards, since there is an inspiration which is false (1 John 4:1)....
WHEN JESUS CHRIST COMES 1 THE THESSALONIANS _IAN MACKERVOY_ A word list is at the end. It explains words with a *star by them. CHAPTER 5 WHEN THE *LORD WILL COME 5:1-11 V1 Now, brothers and s...
PROVE ALL THINGS. — The right reading inserts a “but”: — “I bid you pay all reverence to the cheering utterances of your prophets (comp. Acts 15:32); but take care! put everything to the test.” That t...
CHAPTER 15 THE SPIRIT 1 Thessalonians 5:20 (R.V.) THESE verses are abruptly introduced, but are not unconnected with what precedes. The Apostle has spoken of order and discipline, and of the joyful...
General instructions for the church....
“WITHOUT BLAME” AT HIS COMING 1 Thessalonians 5:12 The remainder of the chapter is filled with brief sentences of exhortation, like cablegrams from our Heavenly Captain to his soldiers, who, in the p...
Under the figure of a camp in which fully armed soldiers are waiting for the break of day, while those not expecting this are sleeping and drunken, the apostle shows that those waiting for the Son are...
GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR THE SPIRITUAL MAN In 1 Thessalonians 1:6, Paul had noted their joy. As he closed out this letter, the apostle wanted to urge the brethren to make joy an ever present part of the...
Prove all things. That is, examine prophecies whether they be true, and the doctrine which you hear from new preachers, and refrain yourselves not only from evil, but from every thing that hat the app...
(12) And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; (13) And to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. And be at pea...
There is a special interest in examining the epistles to the Thessalonians, more particularly the first, because, in point of fact, it was the earliest of the letters of the apostles; and as the first...
_THE DUTY OF INQUIRY_ Prove all things.’ 1 Thessalonians 5:21 There was the amplest justification in the history of the Church for these warnings. St. Paul warns the elders of Ephesus (Acts 20:30)...
21_Prove all things_. As rash men and deceiving spirits frequently pass off their trifles under the name of _prophecy, prophecy _might by this means be rendered suspicious or even odious, just as many...
The Lord's coming again into this world assumes therefore a very different character from that of a vague object of hope to a believer as a period of glory. In Chapter 5 the apostle speaks of it, but...
PROVE ALL THINGS,.... That are said by the prophets, all the doctrines which they deliver; hear them, though they have not the gift of tongues, and all desirable advantages; do not reject them on that...
Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. Ver. 21. _Prove all things_] Take nothing that you hear upon trust (Νηφε και μεμνησο απιστειν, Epicharm.), but bring all to the test, Isaiah 8:20. To t...
_Despise not prophesyings_ That is, the preaching of God's word; for the apostle is not here speaking of extraordinary gifts, but of such as are ordinary. It seems one means of grace is put for all; a...
PROVE ALL THINGS; by comparing them with the Bible; and if they do not agree with that, reject them; if they do, receive and believe them. Hearers of the gospel are bound to inquire, examine, and judg...
PROVE ALL THINGS; HOLD FAST THAT WHICH IS GOOD....
The Christian's personal bearing and conduct:...
In contrast to the new revelation Paul gives at the end of ch. 4, he now tells them in ch. 5 that "of the times and seasons" there was no need to write, for this was a matter of which they were well a...
B. Appeal for steadfastness, 5:16-22 16 REJOICE EVERMORE. 17 Pray without ceasing. 18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. 19 Quench not the Spi...
“PROVE ALL THINGS; HOLD FAST THAT WHICH IS GOOD” “Prove”: To test, examine. “And yet you must scrutinize it all carefully” (Knox). The expression “all things” should remind us that we cannot just assu...
16-22 We are to rejoice in creature-comforts, as if we rejoiced not, and must not expect to live many years, and rejoice in them all; but if we do rejoice in God, we may do that evermore. A truly rel...
OLBGrk; PROVE ALL THINGS; this duty relates to the former; as they were to attend upon prophesyings, so to exercise a discerning judgment about what was prophesied; for _all things_ is not to be taken...
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book I and not yet acquainted with the word, according to which he has believed and works, and not able to give a reason in himself. "Prove all things," the apostle say...
1 Thessalonians 5:21 Test G1381 (G5720) things G3956 fast G2722 (G5720) what G3588 good G2570 Prove - PtC...
‘Do not quench the Spirit, do not despise prophesyings, prove all things, hold fast that which is good, abstain from every appearance (or ‘form') of evil.' The word for quench is often used of the que...
1 Thessalonians 5:21. PROVE ALL THINGS. Neither in regard to these manifestations of the Spirit's presence, nor in any matter, were they to be led by prejudice and appearances and first impressions, b...
AS Paul's custom was, he concludes this Epistle with a number of practical injunctions suitable to the circumstances of those to whom he writes, and more or less connected with one another....
PROVE ALL THINGS (παντα [δε] δοκιμαζετε). Probably δε (but) is genuine. Even the gift of prophecy has to be tested (1 Corinthians 12:10; 1 Corinthians 14:29) to avoid error. Paul shows fine balance...
1 Thessalonians 5:21 Something Worth Holding. Our religion is I. Faith as opposed to infidelity. II. Holiness as opposed to sin. By holiness I mean all possible human virtues and graces, purity of...
1 Thessalonians 5:19 I. The Holy Spirit is here spoken of not strictly in respect of His Person, but in respect of His energising power in and on the heart. His workings, the Apostle would say, may be...
1 Thessalonians 5:1. _But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night._ It...
CONTENTS: The model walk for the believer. The day of Jehovah. Exhortations to believers. CHARACTERS: Christ, Holy Spirit, Paul. CONCLUSION: Let Christians live like men who are awake, living in cons...
1 Thessalonians 5:1. _Of the times and seaso_n _s, ye have no need that I write to you._ Paul as a prophet might have said much concerning the dispensations of providence which should attend the churc...
21-22. PUT ALL THINGS TO THE TEST. Tradition is a collection of things which are accepted as being true, without examination. The Bible, especially the New Testament, is the "yardstick" by which to me...
_Prove all things: hold fast that which is good--The design of these precepts is to caution us against two pernicious extremes; one is taking opinions on trust without examination, the other is after...
1 THESSALONIANS—NOTE ON 1 THESSALONIANS 5:20 DO NOT DESPISE PROPHECIES. Believers are to be open to learning God’s will through fellow Christians exercising the gift of prophecy (see note on 1 Cor
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 1 Thessalonians 5:19. QUENCH NOT THE SPIRIT.—When there has been excess, and a good has come into disrepute, it is natural to seek to stifle down further manifestatio...
EXPOSITION CONTENTS.—With regard to the time of that glorious advent when believers, whether dead or living, will be gathered together to Christ, the Thessalonians had already been fully instructed. T...
But of the times and seasons, brethren, you have no need that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace...
1 Corinthians 14:28; 1 Corinthians 15:58; 1 Corinthians 2:11; 1 Corinthians 2:14;...
Prove all things [π α ν τ α δ ο κ ι μ α ζ ε τ ε]. A general exhortation, not confined to prophesyings; but Paul elsewhere insists that a test be applied to phenomena which claim to be supernatural. Se...
SANCTIFICATION 1 Thessalonians 4:3; _1 Thessalonians 5:15_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS The doctrine of sanctification has been abused, but that does not mean that we should steer clear of God's message conce...
Meantime, prove all things — Which any preacher recommends. (He speaks of practice, not of doctrines.) Try every advice by the touchstone of scripture, and hold fast that which is good — Zealously, re...
Observe here, 1. The persons to whom this advice is given: to the church of the Thessalonians, not to the ministers, but to the people, KNOW THEM THAT LABOUR AMONG YOU, &C. 1 Thessalonians 5:12 Obser...