“ Abstain from all appearance of evil. ”
Abstain from all appearance of evil - Not only from evil itself, but from that which seems to be wrong. There are many things which are known to be wrong. They are positively forbidden by the law...
(13) Abstain from all (h) appearance of evil. (13) A general conclusion, that we waiting for the coming of Christ, do give ourselves to pureness in mind, will, and body, through the grace and streng...
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...
Abstain . See 1 Thessalonians 4:3 . all . every. appearance . form. Greek. eidos. See John 5:37 . evil . App-128.
22 From every evil appearance. Some think that this is a universal statement, as though he commanded to abstain from all things that bear upon their front an appearance of evil. In that cas...
DISCOURSE: 2208 ABSTAINING FROM ALL APPEARANCE OF EVIL 1 Thessalonians 5:22 . Abstain from all appearance of evil . SIN is a tremendous evil. The consequences of one single sin are beyond all o...
Abstain from all appearance of evil. Abstain from all appearance of evil - Sin not, and avoid even the appearance of it. Do not drive your morality so near the bounds of evil as to lead even weak per...
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 ).
Abstain from all appearance of evil. — This translation cannot stand. Possibly it might be rendered “every form of evil,” but the most natural version would be, “Hold yourselves aloof from every ev...
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...
Abstain from all appearance of evil. Of doctrinal evil. Not only open error and heresy are to be avoided, but what has any show of it, or looks like it, or carries in it a suspicion of it, or may b...
Abstain from all appearance of evil. Ver. 22. Abstain from all, &c. ] Whatsoever is heterodox, unsound, and unsavoury, shun it, as you would do a serpent in your way or poison in your meats....
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; To make this verse have its connection with the former, some expositors understand it of doctrines and opinions only; to take heed of opinions that seem erroneous, and not rashly to receive...
‘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...
Abstain from all appearance of evil Safe conduct A man will never begin to be good till he begins to decline those occasions that have made him bad; therefore saith St. Paul to the Thessaloni...
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 10:31-33 ; 1 Corinthians 8:13 ; 1 Thessalonians 4:12 ; 2 Corinthians 6:3 ; 2 Corinthians 8:20 ; 2 Corinthians 8:21 ; Exodus 23:7 ; Isaiah 33:15 ; Jude 1:23 ; Matthew 17:26 ;...
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'...
And be equally zealous and careful to abstain from all appearance of evil — Observe, those who "heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears," under pretence of proving all things, have no coun...