1 John 5:21
My children, keep yourselves from idolatry.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.
In Context
Cross References
1 Corinthians 10:7Neither should we serve idols, as some of them served; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to sport.
2 Corinthians 6:16or what agreement hath the temple of God with that of demons? For ye are the temple of the living God; as it is said, I will dwell among them, and walk among them, and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
1 John 2:1My children, these things I write to you, that ye sin not. But if any one should sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus the Messiah, the righteous.
Revelation 13:14And he seduced them that dwell on the earth, to erect an image to the beast of prey who had the wound from a sword and recovered.
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 →