Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Abstain from every form of evil (apo pantov eidouv ponhrou apexesqe). Present middle (direct) imperative of ap-exw (contrast with kat-exw) and preposition apo repeated with ablative as in I Thessalonians 4:3. Note use of ponhrou here for evil without the article, common enough idiom. Eidov (from eidon) naturally means look or appearance as in Luke 3:23; Luke 9:29; John 5:37; II Corinthians 5:7. But, if so taken, it is not semblance as opposed to reality (Milligan). The papyri give several examples of eidov in the sense of class or kind and that idea suits best here. Evil had a way of showing itself even in the spiritual gifts including prophecy.
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