Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.Meantime, prove all things - Which any preacher recommends. (He speaks of practice, not of doctrines.) Try every advice by the touchstone of scripture, and hold fast that which is good - Zealously, resolutely, diligently practise it, in spite of all opposition. read more
Abstain from all appearance of evil.And be equally zealous and careful to abstain from all appearance of evil - Observe, those who "heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears," under pretence of proving all things, have no countenance or excuse from this scripture. read more
And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.And may the God of peace sanctify you — By the peace he works in you, which is a great means of sanctification.Wholly — The word signifies wholly and perfectly; every part and all that concerns you; all that is of or about you.And may the whole of you, the spirit and the soul and the body — Just before he said you; now he denominates... read more
Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.Who also will do it — Unless you quench the Spirit. read more
I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the holy brethren.I charge you by the Lord — Christ, to whom proper divine worship is here paid.That this epistle — The first he wrote.Be read to all the brethren — That is, in all the churches. They might have concealed it out of modesty, had not this been so solemnly enjoined: but what Paul commands under so strong an adjuration, Rome forbids under pain of excommunication. read more
5. Closing charges and admonitions, and farewell, 1 Thessalonians 5:12-28. a. Fulfilment of churchly duties, 1 Thessalonians 5:12-15 . 12. Know them Appreciate, rightly estimate them. Labour… over… admonish Three classes of functions, but, as the Greek shows, not three classes of men. The three terms thus translated are participles, and may be rendered those labouring, presiding over, and admonishing. Like a very high churchman, Dr. Wordsworth (though then but an archdeacon)... read more
13. Esteem… in love There should be an official esteem for them, but that esteem should be grounded in Christian love. Love should lie as the basis of the whole structure of their Christian republic. For their work’s sake They have not, like magistrates, a power of physical compulsion to secure respect; but in Christian love and duty they have a deeper claim. For the sake of the work they perform, as necessary and beneficial to the cause of Christ, you are bound to... read more
14. Exhort you Conybeare heads this with a title indicating that it is addressed “to the presbyters.” And undoubtedly the functionaries implied in 1 Thessalonians 5:12 would be the proper persons to take these words especially to themselves. Yet we lack any word to authorize any limitation of the words to them. They are addressed to all persons in the Church able to receive and perform the duties aright. Unruly Dr. Clarke, with some plausibility, treats the terms of this verse as being ... read more
15. The negative cautions, necessary to the above positive duties, are now added. Avoid the law of retaliation in order to the above peace. It may be necessary to seek justice, to aim at correction, to rebuke wrong; but never necessary to act in the spirit of revenge, or in any other spirit than that of love and fairness. Good Not merely profitable; but morally right, and spiritually excellent. Yourselves The Church. All The outside world. read more
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 1 Thessalonians 5:20
Despise not prophesyings.Despise not prophesyings — That is, preaching; for the apostle is not here speaking of extraordinary gifts. It seems, one means of grace is put for all; and whoever despises any of these, under whatever pretence, will surely (though perhaps gradually and almost insensibly) quench the Spirit. read more