Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

Try all things; hold the good.

New American Standard Bible

But examine everything carefully; hold fast to that which is good;

King James Version

Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.

Holman Bible

but test all things.
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 all things carefully [so you can recognize what is good]. Hold firmly to that which is good.

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;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
δοκιμάζω 
Dokimazo 
Usage: 20

πᾶς 
Pas 
Usage: 704

κατέχω 
Katecho 
Usage: 16

Devotionals

Devotionals about 1 Thessalonians 5:21

Images 1 Thessalonians 5:21

Prayers for 1 Thessalonians 5:21

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.

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.

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