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Test all things, and hold firmly that which is good.
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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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18th Century
Presbyterian
Prove all things. Subject everything submitted for your belief to the proper test. The word used here (dokimazete), is one that i…
Prove all things (παντα [δε] δοκιμαζετε). Probably δε (but) is genuine. Even the gift of prophecy has to be tested ([Reference 1 C…
19th Century
Anglican
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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Baptist
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…
To balance the two prohibitions, Paul stipulates that all charismatic manifestations be tested with a view to accepting what is valid and disallowi…
16th Century
Protestant
Prove all things. Because rash men and deceiving spirits frequently pass off their trifles under the name of prophecy, prophe…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Prove all things That are said by the prophets, all the doctrines which they deliver; hear them, though they have no…
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…
13th Century
Catholic
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…
