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1 Thessalonians 5:22

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← 1 Thessalonians 5:21	1 Thessalonians 5:22 (KJV)	1 Thessalonians 5:23 →
Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.	Abstain from all appearance of evil.	And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and [I pray God] your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Abstain^G567 from^G575 all^G3956 appearance^G1491 of evil^G4190.

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Original Greek

ἀπὸ παντὸς εἴδους πονηροῦ ἀπέχεσθε.

Greek	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
ἀπὸ	apo	G575	PREP	from
παντὸς	pantos	G3956	A-GSN	all
εἴδους	eidous	G1491	N-GSN	appearance
πονηροῦ	ponērou	G4190	A-GSN	of evil
ἀπέχεσθε.	apechesthe	G567	V-PMM-2P	Abstain

Source: Textus Receptus (Scrivener 1894)

Strong's References

• G567 — ἀπέχομαι (apéchomai, ap-ekh'-om-ahee): I abstain from — middle voice (reflexively) of ἀπέχω; to hold oneself off, i.e. refrain:--abstain.
• G575 — ἀπό (apó, apo'): from, away from — a primary particle; "off," i.e. away (from something near), in various senses (of place, time, or relation; literal or figurative):--(X here-)after, ago, at, because of, before, by (the space of), for(-th), from, in, (out) of, off, (up-)on(-ce), since, with. In composition (as a prefix) it usually denotes separation, departure, cessation, completion, reversal, etc.
• G1491 — εἶδος (eîdos, i'-dos): visible form, shape, appearance, kind — from εἴδω; a view, i.e. form (literally or figuratively):--appearance, fashion, shape, sight.
• 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.
• G4190 — πονηρός (ponērós, pon-ay-ros'): evil, bad, wicked — from a derivative of πόνος; hurtful, i.e. evil (properly, in effect or influence, and thus differing from κακός, which refers rather to essential character, as well as from σαπρός, which indicates degeneracy from original virtue); figuratively, calamitous; also (passively) ill, i.e. diseased; but especially (morally) culpable, i.e. derelict, vicious, facinorous; neuter (singular) mischief, malice, or (plural) guilt; masculine (singular) the devil, or (plural) sinners:--bad, evil, grievous, harm, lewd, malicious, wicked(-ness). See also πονηρότερος.

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