Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
Try all things; hold the good.
New American Standard Bible
But
King James Version
Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
Holman Bible
Hold on to what is good.
International Standard Version
Instead, test everything. Hold on to what is good.
A Conservative Version
but examine all things. Hold firm the good.
American Standard Version
prove all things; hold fast that which is good;
Amplified
But test
An Understandable Version
Put everything [i.e., speakers and their messages] to the test, [then] hold onto what is good.
Anderson New Testament
Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
Bible in Basic English
Let all things be tested; keep to what is good;
Common New Testament
But test everything; hold fast to what is good.
Daniel Mace New Testament
bring every thing to the test: if it be proof, abide by that:
Darby Translation
but prove all things, hold fast the right;
Godbey New Testament
but prove all things; and hold fast to the beautiful;
Goodspeed New Testament
but test them all, retaining what is good
John Wesley New Testament
Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
King James 2000
Test all things; hold fast that which is good.
Lexham Expanded Bible
but examine all [things]; hold fast to [what is] good.
Modern King James verseion
Prove all things, hold fast to the good.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Examine all things, and keep that which is good.
Moffatt New Testament
but test them all, retaining what is good
Montgomery New Testament
But try all, holding fast to the good.
NET Bible
But examine all things; hold fast to what is good.
New Heart English Bible
but test all things; hold firmly that which is good.
Noyes New Testament
but prove all things; hold fast that which is good;
Sawyer New Testament
Prove all things, hold fast the good;
The Emphasized Bible
But, all things, put to the proof - what is comely, hold ye fast:
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
Twentieth Century New Testament
Bring everything to the test; cling to what is good;
Webster
Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
Weymouth New Testament
but test all such, and retain hold of the good.
Williams New Testament
but continue to prove all things until you can approve them, and then hold on to what is good.
World English Bible
Test all things, and hold firmly that which is good.
Worrell New Testament
but prove all things, hold fast that which is good.
Worsley New Testament
yet try all things, and hold fast that which is good.
Youngs Literal Translation
all things prove; that which is good hold fast;
Themes
Duty » Daily » Select readings ro 12; 1th 515-28
Exhortations » Special » To hold fast the good
Steadfastness » Should be manifested » In holding fast what is good
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References
Word Count of 37 Translations in 1 Thessalonians 5:21
Prayers for 1 Thessalonians 5:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
Final Exhortations And Benediction
20 Set not prophecies at nought. 21 Try all things; hold the good. 22 Keep away from all appearance of evil.
Phrases
Cross References
1 John 4:1
Dearly beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits if they are of God: for many false prophets have come out into the world.
Luke 12:57
And why also of yourselves judge ye not the just thing?
Acts 17:11
And they were of more noble birth than those in Thessalonica, who received the word with all willingness, and examined the writings daily, if these things might hold thus.
Romans 12:9
Love unfeigned. Hating evil; fastened to good.
Ephesians 5:10
Trying what is pleasing to the Lord.
Deuteronomy 11:6-9
And what he did to Dathan and to Abiram, sons of Eliab, son of Reuben; that the earth opened her mouth and she will swallow them down, and their houses, and their tents, and every living thing which is at their feet in the midst of all Israel:
Deuteronomy 32:46-47
And he will say to them, Set your hearts to all the words which I call upon you to witness this day, which ye shall command your sons to watch and to do, all the words of this law.
Proverbs 3:1
My son, thou shalt not forget my law, and thy heart shall guard my commands:
Proverbs 3:21-24
My son, they shall not depart from thine eyes: keep counsel and meditation:
Proverbs 4:13
Lay hold upon instruction, thou shalt not let go: guard her for she is thy life.
Proverbs 6:21-23
Tie them always upon thy heart; bind them upon thy throat
Proverbs 23:23
Buy the truth, and thou shalt not sell wisdom and instruction and understanding.
Song of Songs 3:4
As a little I passed from them till I found him my soul loved: I held him fast, and I shall not let him go till I brought him into my mother's house, and to the chamber of her conceiving me.
Isaiah 8:20
To the law and to the testimony if they will not speak according to this word, because no morning is in them.
Matthew 7:15-20
And hold from false prophets which come in to you in sheep's dresses, but within they are rapacious wolves.
Mark 7:14-15
And having called all the crowd, he said to them, Hear me, all ye, and do ye understand:
John 8:31
Then said Jesus to the Jews having believed him, If ye remain in my word, ye are truly my disciples.
John 15:4
Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, if it remain not in the vine; so neither ye, if ye remain not in me.
Acts 11:23
Who, having been present, and seen the grace of God, rejoiced, and besought them all, with purpose of heart, to remain to the Lord.
Acts 14:22
And supporting the souls of the disciples, beseeching to remain in the faith, that through many pressures we must come into the kingdom of God.
Romans 12:2
And be ye not conformed to this life, but be transformed by the renovation of your mind, for you to prove what the good, and the pleasing, and the perfected will of God.
1 Corinthians 2:11
For who of men knows the things of men except the spirit of man in him? so also the things of God no one knows, except the Spirit of God.
1 Corinthians 2:14-15
And the natural man receives not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness to him: and he cannot know, for they are spiritually examined.
1 Corinthians 14:28-29
And if there be no interpreter, let him be silent in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God.
1 Corinthians 15:58
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be stable, unmoved, abounding in the work of the Lord always, knowing that our fatigue is not in vain in the Lord.
Philippians 1:10
For you to try things differing; that ye may be pure and not stumbling to the day of Christ;
Philippians 3:16
But, at what we before arrived, to walk by the same rule, to think the same.
Philippians 4:8
As to the rest, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever venerable, whatever just, whatever pure, whatever lovely, whatever prosperous; if any ability, and if any praise, reckon up these things.
2 Thessalonians 2:15
Therefore, brethren, stand, and hold firmly the doctrines which ye were taught, whether by the word, or by our epistle.
2 Timothy 1:15
Thou knowest this, that all they dwelling in Asia turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.
2 Timothy 3:6
For of these are they going into houses, and taking captive little women heaped up with sins, led away with various eager desires,
2 Timothy 4:14
Alexander the coppersmith showed me much evil: (may the Lord give back to him according to his works:)
Hebrews 10:23
We should hold the assent of hope not bending; (for faithful he having promised;)
Revelation 2:2
I know thy works, and thy fatigue, and thy patience, and that thou canst not bear the wicked: and thou bast tried them saying they are sent, and are not, and thou Last found them liars:
Revelation 2:25
But what ye have, hold ye until I come.
Revelation 3:3
Remember therefore how thou hast received, and heard, and do thou, and repent. If therefore thou watch not, I will come upon thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I shall come upon thee.
Revelation 3:11
Behold, I come swiftly: hold what thou hast, that none take thy crown.