1 Thessalonians 5:22

They should also avoid every form of evil (Gr. pantos eidous ponerou). This seems to be the best meaning in view of the contrast with 1 Thessalonians 5:21. The alternative interpretation is that Paul wanted his readers not only to avoid evil itself but what others might perceive as involving evil (cf. Romans 14). It is not always possible, of course, to abstain from what appears to extremely narrow-minded people to be evil.