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Be a Discerning Believer
Commentators explain that "prove all things" is a call to be discerning, not gullible. Like an assayer tests metal for purity, Christians should carefully examine teachings and spiritual claims. The primary tests are Scripture, consistency with apostolic teaching, and whether something builds up the church in love. This affirms the use of reason and inquiry in faith.
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1 Thessalonians
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Thessalonians 5:21
18th Century
Theologian
Prove all things. Subject everything submitted for your belief to the proper test. The word used here (dokimazete), is one that i…
AT Robertson
On 1 Thessalonians 5:21
Prove all things (παντα [δε] δοκιμαζετε). Probably δε (but) is genuine. Even the gift of prophecy has to be tested ([Reference 1 C…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Thessalonians 5:21
19th Century
Bishop
Prove all things. The correct reading inserts a “but”: “I urge you to pay all reverence to the encouraging utterances of …
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Charles Spurgeon
On 1 Thessalonians 5:14–26
19th Century
Preacher
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…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 1 Thessalonians 5:21
To balance the two prohibitions, Paul stipulates that all charismatic manifestations be tested with a view to accepting what is valid and disallowi…
John Calvin
On 1 Thessalonians 5:21
16th Century
Theologian
Prove all things. Because rash men and deceiving spirits frequently pass off their trifles under the name of prophecy, prophe…
John Gill
On 1 Thessalonians 5:21
17th Century
Pastor
Prove all things
That are said by the prophets, all the doctrines which they deliver; hear them, though they have no…
Matthew Henry
On 1 Thessalonians 5:16–22
17th Century
Minister
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…