Abstain from every form of evil (απο παντος ειδους πονηρου απεχεσθε). Present middle (direct) imperative of απ-εχω (contrast with …

Abstain from all appearance of evil (1 Thessalonians 5:22). Not only from evil itself, but from that which seems to b…

Abstain from all appearance of evil.—This translation cannot stand. Possibly it might be rendered “every form of evil,” but the m…

Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men. See that none re…

Allowance must also be made for professed spiritual manifestations that do not contribute but rather detract from the development of the local body…

From every evil appearance. Some think that this is a universal statement, as if he commanded us to abstain from all things that present a…

Abstain from all appearance of evil .
] Of doctrinal evil. Not only open error and heresy are to be avoided, but wha…

We are to rejoice in creature-comforts as if we did not rejoice, and we must not expect to live many years and rejoice in them all; but if we rejoi…

Earlier, he showed them how they should remain subject to their bishops. Here he makes the same point from another point of view. Regarding this, h…