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1Th 5:22. Ἀπὸ παντὸς εἴδους πονηροῦ, from every bad species or kind of thought, act, or word) Species, in the sense, “appearance of evil” [as Engl. Vers.], would be εἶδος ΤΟΥ πονηροῦ, with the article, which TO καλὸν, that which is good, has, 1Th 5:21. But εἶδος πονηρὸν is a bad kind or species: εἶδος, species, Germ. Gattung; LXX., Jer 15:3 [“I will appoint over them four kinds-the sword-the dogs-the fowls-the beasts”]; Sir 23:21 (16), 25:(2) 3. We ought to abstain from every species of evil [evil species of thing], lest we be deceived. The whole genus of good is simple, belonging to the “spirit, soul, and body,” [1Th 5:23]; the species or kinds of evil are many, 2Co 7:1; comp. the antithesis in the following verse.