1 John 5:21
Little children, guard yourselves from idols. Amen.
English Majority Text (NT)
In The King James Version
Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.
In Context
Cross References
1 Corinthians 10:7Neither be idolaters, just as some of them; as it is written, “ The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.”
2 Corinthians 6:16And what union is there for the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God, just as God has said: 1 “ I will dwell in them and walk among them, 1 and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.”
1 John 2:1My little children, these things I write to you, that you may not sin. And if someone should sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.
Revelation 13:14And he deceives my own people who dwell on the earth by the signs which were given to him to do before the beast, saying to those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who had the wound of the sword and came to life.
Matthew Henry on 1 John 5:19-21
Privileges of Believers. ( a. d. 80.) 18 We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not. 19 And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness. 20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life. 21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols.… Read the whole commentary →