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1Th_5:21. The apostle therefore adds to the prescription, “Prove all things,” whether they have their origin from God or not, and to retain the good.
πάντα δέ ] but all things, namely, what is brought forward in inspired discourse.
δοκιμάζετε ] Paul expresses the same requirement of testing in 1Co_14:29, and according to 1Co_12:10 there was a peculiar gift of testing spirits, the διάκρισις πνευμάτων . That, moreover, this testing can only proceed from those who are themselves illuminated by the Holy Spirit was evident to the apostle. The fundamental principle of rationalism, that the reason as such is the judge of revelation, is not contained in these words.
τὸ καλόν ] the good, namely, that is found in the πάντα . Hofmann arbitrarily thinks that “the good generally” is meant, which the Thessalonians “as Christians already have, and do not now merely seek or expect.”