1 Thessalonians 5:21

← 1 Thessalonians 5:20	1 Thessalonians 5:21 (KJV)	1 Thessalonians 5:22 →
Despise not prophesyings.	Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.	Abstain from all appearance of evil.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Prove^G1381 all things^G3956; hold fast^G2722 that which^G3588 is good^G2570.

Original Greek

πάντα δοκιμάζετε· τὸ καλὸν κατέχετε·

Greek	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
πάντα	panta	G3956	A-APN	all things
δοκιμάζετε·	dokimazete	G1381	V-PAM-2P	Prove
τὸ	to	G3588	T-ASN	that which
καλὸν	kalon	G2570	A-ASN	is good
κατέχετε·	katechete	G2722	V-PAM-2P	hold fast

Source: Textus Receptus (Scrivener 1894)

Strong's References

G1381 — δοκιμάζω (dokimázō, dok-im-ad'-zo): I put to the test, prove, examine — from δόκιμος; to test (literally or figuratively); by implication, to approve:--allow, discern, examine, X like, (ap-)prove, try.
G2570 — καλός (kalós, kal-os'): beautiful, good, worthy — of uncertain affinity; properly, beautiful, but chiefly (figuratively) good (literally or morally), i.e. valuable or virtuous (for appearance or use, and thus distinguished from ἀγαθός, which is properly intrinsic):--X better, fair, good(-ly), honest, meet, well, worthy.
G2722 — κατέχω (katéchō, kat-ekh'-o): I hold fast, bind, restrain — from κατά and ἔχω; to hold down (fast), in various applications (literally or figuratively):--have, hold (fast), keep (in memory), let, X make toward, possess, retain, seize on, stay, take, withhold.
G3588 — ὁ (ho, ho): the — the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom):--the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
G3956 — πᾶς (pâs, pas): all, the whole, every kind of — including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole:--all (manner of, means), alway(-s), any (one), X daily, + ever, every (one, way), as many as, + no(-thing), X thoroughly, whatsoever, whole, whosoever.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

hold — Deuteronomy 11:6-9, Deuteronomy 32:46-47, Proverbs 3:1, Proverbs 3:21-24, Proverbs 4:13, Proverbs 6:21-23, Proverbs 23:23, John 8:31, John 15:4, Acts 11:23, Acts 14:22, Romans 12:9, 1 Corinthians 15:58, 2 Thessalonians 2:15, 2 Timothy 1:15, 2 Timothy 3:6, 2 Timothy 4:14, Hebrews 10:23, Revelation 2:25, Revelation 3:3, Revelation 3:11
Prove — Isaiah 8:20, Matthew 7:15-20, Mark 7:14-16, Luke 12:57, Acts 17:11, Romans 12:2, 1 Corinthians 2:11, 1 Corinthians 2:14-15, 1 Corinthians 14:28, Ephesians 5:10, 1 John 4:1, Revelation 2:2

Related Topics

Thompson Chain: ALL THINGS, DUTY, EXHORTATIONS, SPECIAL, PROVE ALL THINGS
Nave’s: COMMANDMENTS, PERSEVERANCE, RELIGION, WATCHFULNESS

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