# Do not quench the Spirit

"Do not stop the Holy Spirit from working among you"

# Do not despise prophecies

"Do not have contempt for prophecies" or "Do not hate anything the Holy Spirit tells someone"

# Test all things

"Make sure that all messages that seem to come from God truly come from him"

# Hold on to what is good

Paul speaks of messages from the Holy Spirit as if they were objects that one could grasp in his hands. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])