“ Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. ”
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...
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 Ch...
Prove . Greek. dokimazo. See Romans 12:2 . Ephesians 6:10 ; 1 John 4:1 . holdfast . Greek. katecho. See Matthew 21:38 .
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, jus...
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...
Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. 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,...
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...
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 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 3:3-4 ).
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.” T...
Chapter 15 THE SPIRIT 1 Thessalonians 5:20-22 (R.V.) THESE verses are abruptly introduced, but are not unconnected with what precedes. The Apostle has spoken of order and discipline, and of th...
“Without Blame” at His Coming 1 Thessalonians 5:12-28 The remainder of the chapter is filled with brief sentences of exhortation, like cablegrams from our Heavenly Captain to his soldiers, who,...
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 ar...
(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 pe...
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...
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 t...
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 ....
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;...
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...
Various Short Exhortations. A. D. 51. 16 Rejoice evermore. 17 Pray without ceasing. 18 I...
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 t...
‘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 q...
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 manifes...
1 Thessalonians 5:19-22 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,...
1 Thessalonians 5:1-2 . 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....
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 ch...
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...
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 instr...
The Christian's personal bearing and conduct:
1 Corinthians 14:28 ; 1 Corinthians 15:58 ; 1 Corinthians 2:11 ; 1 Corinthians 2:14 ; 1 Corinthians 2:15 ; 1 John 4:1 ; 2 Thessalonians 2:15 ; 2 Timothy 1:15 ; 2 Timothy 3:6 ; 2 Timothy 4:1...
Sanctification 1 Thessalonians 4:3-7 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:15-28 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The doctrine of sanctification has been abused, but that does not mean that we should steer clear of God'...
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,...