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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.
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
So Adam lived 930 years, and he died.
When Seth had lived 105 years, he became the father of Enosh.
Enoch walked with God, and he was seen no more, for God took him.
This is the story of Noah and his family. Noah was right with God. He was without blame in his time. Noah walked with God.
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord came to him and said, "I am God All-powerful. Obey Me, and be without blame.
He said to me, ‘The Lord, Whom I have always obeyed, will send His angel with you to make all go well during your visit there. You will take a wife for my son from those of my family and from my father's house.
Then he prayed that good would come to Joseph, and said, "The God with Whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God Who has been my Shepherd all my life to this day,
Then the Lord said to Moses, "See, I will rain bread from heaven for you. The people will go out and gather a day's share every day, so I may test them to see if they will follow My Law or not.
I will walk among you and be your God. And you will be My people.
Walk in all the way the Lord your God has told you. Then you may live, it may be well with you, and you may live a long time in the land that will belong to you.
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.
