1 John 5:21
Little children, guard yourselves from idols! Amen.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 20:3You have no other Gods before Me.
1 Corinthians 10:7Neither become idolaters, as certain of them, as it has been written: “The people sat down to eat and to drink, and stood up to play”;
2 Corinthians 6:16And what agreement to the temple of God with idols? For you are a temple of the living God, according as God said, “I will dwell in them, and will walk among [them], and I will be their God, and they will be My people,
1 John 2:1My little children, these things I write to you that you may not sin: and if anyone may sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ, [the] Righteous One,
Revelation 13:14and it leads astray those dwelling on the earth, because of the signs that were given it to do before the beast, saying to those dwelling on the earth to make an image to the beast that has the wound of the sword and lived,
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 →