1 John 5:21
Children, keep yourselves from idols.
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 20:3You must have no other gods before me.
1 Corinthians 10:7Do not be idolaters, as some of them were. This is as it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.”
2 Corinthians 6:16And what agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God, just as God said: 1 “I will dwell among them and walk among them. 1 I will be their God, 1 and they will be my people.”
1 John 2:1Children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone sins, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ, the one who is righteous.
Revelation 13:14By the signs it was permitted to do, it deceived those who lived on the earth. It told them to make an image in honor of the beast that had the sword wound but 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 →