prove all things; hold fast that which is good;
Spiritual joy in God can be constant; rejoice in Him and you have an everlasting feast, even when worldly troubles strike. Prayer without ceasing is the path to that joy. Thanksgiving in all things, even hardship, follows naturally when you pray, for you will always find matter to thank God for.
AI summary
Commenting on 1 Thessalonians 5:16-22
And the very God of peace,.... Or "the God of peace himself". The apostle follows his exhortations with prayer to God, knowing the weakness and impotency of the saints to receive them, and act according to them, and his own insufficiency to impress their minds with them; and that unless the Lord opened their ears to discipline, and sealed instruction to them, they would be...
Observe here, 1. The persons to whom this advice is given: to the church of the Thessalonians, not to the ministers, but to the people, Know them that labour among you, &c. 1Thess 5:12 Observe, 2. The advice itself, Prove all things; examine, try, and approve them, with a judgment of private discretion, not of public decision. Learn, 1.