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THE MESSAGE
1 Thessalonians 5:22
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Stay away from every kind of evil.
Abstaine from all appearance of euill.
Abstain from all appearance of evil.
Abstain from every form of evil.
abstain from every form of evil.
and stay away from everything that is evil.
abstain from every form of evil.
Abstain from every form of evil.
and don't have anything to do with evil.
but keep away from every form of evil.
hold aloof from every form of wickedness.
and stay away from everything that is evil.
Absteine from all appearance of euill.
Abstain from every sort of evil.
and avoid every kind of evil.
Abstain from every form of evil.
Keep back from every form of evil.
Abstain from every form of evil [withdraw and keep away from it].
abstain from every form of evil.
Keep from every form of evil.
Abstain from every form of evil.
but keep away from every kind of evil.1 Thessalonians 4:12;">[xr]
22 And from every evil thing [fn] flee.
and fly from every thing evil.
Abstayne from all appearaunce of euyll.
abstain from every form of evil.
Abstain from every form of evil.
Abstain from all appearance of evil.
Hold yourselves aloof from every form of evil.
Absteyne you fro al yuel spice.
abstain from every form of evil.
Abstain from all appearance of evil.
Stay away from every form of evil.
Abstain from every form of evil.
Stay away from every kind of evil.
Keep away from everything that even looks like sin.
abstain from every form of evil.
From every form of wickedness, abstain.
From all appearance of evil refrain yourselves.
abstain from every form of evil.
Abstayne from all suspicious thinges.
from all appearance of evil abstain ye;
Abstayne fro all suspicious thinges.
if it has the least appearance of evil, reject it.
If it's wrong, pop your dallies and ride off.
abstain from every form of evil.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
1 Thessalonians 4:12, Exodus 23:7, Isaiah 33:15, Matthew 17:26, Matthew 17:27, Romans 12:17, 1 Corinthians 8:13, 1 Corinthians 10:31-33, 2 Corinthians 6:3, 2 Corinthians 8:20, 2 Corinthians 8:21, Philippians 4:8, Jude 1:23
Reciprocal: Genesis 20:12 - And yet Genesis 27:12 - a deceiver Genesis 39:10 - or to be Leviticus 8:23 - Moses took Leviticus 11:4 - unclean unto you Leviticus 15:24 - General Numbers 6:3 - General Deuteronomy 22:8 - then thou shalt Ruth 3:4 - uncover his feet Ruth 3:14 - Let it not Ezra 4:12 - rebellious Esther 9:15 - but on the prey Proverbs 4:15 - General Proverbs 8:13 - The fear Proverbs 14:16 - feareth Jeremiah 37:12 - went Amos 5:15 - Hate Matthew 10:16 - harmless John 12:6 - the bag Romans 14:16 - General 1 Corinthians 10:29 - why Galatians 2:12 - he withdrew 1 Timothy 3:7 - lest 1 Timothy 5:2 - with
Cross-References
When Seth was 105 years old, he had Enosh. After Seth had Enosh, he lived another 807 years, having more sons and daughters. Seth lived a total of 912 years. And he died.
Enoch walked steadily with God. And then one day he was simply gone: God took him.
This is the story of Noah: Noah was a good man, a man of integrity in his community. Noah walked with God. Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, God showed up and said to him, "I am The Strong God, live entirely before me, live to the hilt! I'll make a covenant between us and I'll give you a huge family."
God said to Moses, "I'm going to rain bread down from the skies for you. The people will go out and gather each day's ration. I'm going to test them to see if they'll live according to my Teaching or not. On the sixth day, when they prepare what they have gathered, it will turn out to be twice as much as their daily ration."
God will form you as a people holy to him, just as he promised you, if you keep the commandments of God , your God, and live the way he has shown you.
You know I've been aboveboard with you; now be aboveboard with me. I'm on the level with you, God ; I bless you every chance I get.
Train me, God , to walk straight; then I'll follow your true path. Put me together, one heart and mind; then, undivided, I'll worship in joyful fear. From the bottom of my heart I thank you, dear Lord; I've never kept secret what you're up to. You've always been great toward me—what love! You snatched me from the brink of disaster! God, these bullies have reared their heads! A gang of thugs is after me— and they don't care a thing about you. But you, O God, are both tender and kind, not easily angered, immense in love, and you never, never quit. So look me in the eye and show kindness, give your servant the strength to go on, save your dear, dear child! Make a show of how much you love me so the bullies who hate me will stand there slack-jawed, As you, God , gently and powerfully put me back on my feet.
I'm striding in the presence of God , alive in the land of the living! I stayed faithful, though bedeviled, and despite a ton of bad luck, Despite giving up on the human race, saying, "They're all liars and cheats."
A Pilgrim Song All you who fear God , how blessed you are! how happily you walk on his smooth straight road! You worked hard and deserve all you've got coming. Enjoy the blessing! Revel in the goodness!
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Abstain from all appearance of evil. Of doctrinal evil. Not only open error and heresy are to be avoided, but what has any show of it, or looks like it, or carries in it a suspicion of it, or may be an occasion thereof, or lead unto it; wherefore all new words and phrases of this kind should be shunned, and the form of sound words held fast; and so of all practical evil, not only from sin itself, and all sorts of sin, lesser or greater, as the w Jews have a saying,
"take care of a light as of a heavy commandment,''
that is, take care of committing a lesser, as a greater sin, and from the first motions of sin; but from every occasion of it, and what leads unto it, and has the appearance of it, or may be suspected of others to be sin, and so give offence, and be a matter of scandal. The Jews have a saying very agreeable to this x,
"remove thyself afar off (or abstain) from filthiness, and from everything, הדומה לו, "that is like unto it".''
w Pirke Abot, c. 2. sect. 1. x Apud Drusium in loc.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Abstain from all appearance of evil - Not only from evil itself, but from that which seems to be wrong. There are many things which are known to be wrong. They are positively forbidden by the laws of heaven, and the world concurs in the sentiment that they are wicked. But there are also many things about which there may be some reasonable doubt. It is not quite easy to determine in the case what is right or wrong. The subject has not been fully examined, or the question of its morality may be so difficult to settle, that the mind may be nearly or quite balanced in regard to it. There are many things which, in themselves, may not appear to us to be positively wrong, but which are so considered by large and respectable portions of the community; and for us to do them would be regarded as inconsistent and improper. There are many things, also, in respect to which there is great variety of sentiment among mankind - where one portion would regard them as proper, and another as improper.
There are things, also, where, whatever may be our motive, we may be certain that our conduct will be regarded as improper. A great variety of subjects, such as those pertaining to dress, amusements, the opera, the ball-room, games of chance and hazard, and various practices in the transaction of business, come under this general class; which, though on the supposition that they cannot be proved to be in themselves positively wrong or forbidden, have much the “appearance” of evil, and will be so interpreted by others. The safe and proper rule is to lean always to the side of virtue. In these instances it may be certain that there will be no sin committed by abstaining; there may be by indulgence. No command of God, or of propriety, will be violated if we decline complying with these customs; but on the other hand we may wound the cause of religion by yielding to what possibly is a mere temptation. No one ever does injury or wrong by abstaining from the pleasures of the ball-room, the theater, or a glass of wine; who can indulge in them without, in the view of large and respectable portions of the community, doing that which has the “appearance” at least of “evil?”
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 22. Abstain from all appearance of evil. — Sin not, and avoid even the appearance of it. Do not drive your morality so near the bounds of evil as to lead even weak persons to believe that ye actually touch, taste, or handle it. Let not the form of it, ειδος, appear with or among you, much less the substance. Ye are called to holiness; be ye holy, for God is holy.
