1 Thessalonians 5:21
“Proue all things: hold fast that which is good.”
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1 Thessalonians 5:21 Context
19Quench not the spirit: 20Despise not prophecyings: 21Proue all things: hold fast that which is good. 22Abstaine from all appearance of euill. 23And the very God of peace sanctifie you wholly: and I pray God your whole spirit, and soule, and body be preserued blamelesse vnto the comming of our Lord Iesus Christ.
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Other Translations for 1 Thessalonians 5:21
Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
- King James Version
But examine everything {carefully;} hold fast to that which is good;
- New American Standard Version (1995)
prove all things; hold fast that which is good;
- American Standard Version (1901)
Let all things be tested; keep to what is good;
- Basic English Bible
but prove all things, hold fast the right;
- Darby Bible
Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
- Webster's Bible
but test all such, and retain hold of the good.
- Weymouth Bible
Test all things, and hold firmly that which is good.
- World English Bible
But preue ye alle thingis, and holde ye that thing that is good.
- Wycliffe Bible
all things prove; that which is good hold fast;
- Youngs Literal Bible
Wesley's Notes for 1 Thessalonians 5:21
5:21 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, resolutely, diligently practise it, in spite of all opposition.
People's Bible Notes for 1 Thessalonians 5:21
1Th 5:21 Prove all things. What was spoken they must put to the test, they must hold fast to. There were those who could "discern spirits" (1Co 12:10). There were also rules for testing (1Jo 4:1-8).