21Test everything. Hold on to the good.


In Context

18 give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.

19 Do not put out the Spirit's fire;

20 do not treat prophecies with contempt.

21 Test everything. Hold on to the good.

22 Avoid every kind of evil.

23 May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

1st Thessalonians 5:21 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:21Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:21Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:21But prove all things; hold fast that which is good.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:21prove all things; hold fast that which is good;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:21but prove all things, hold fast the right;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:21prove all things; hold fast that which is good;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:21Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:21Test all things, and hold firmly that which is good.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:21all things prove; that which is good hold fast;