1 John 5:21 “Little children, keep yourselves from idols.”

1 John 5:21

Little children, keep yourselves from idols.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.

World English Bible

Little children, keep yourselves from idols.

American Standard Version

My little children, guard yourselves from idols.

Geneva Bible 1599

Litle children, keepe your selues from idoles, Amen.

Darby Translation

Children, keep yourselves from idols.

Young's Literal Translation

Little children, guard yourselves from the idols! Amen.

Bible in Basic English

My little children, keep yourselves from false gods.

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Cross references

“Little”

1 John 2:1

1 John 2:1 · BSB

My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate before the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.

“keep”

1 Corinthians 10:14 1 Corinthians 10:7 Revelation 9:20 Revelation 14:11 Exodus 20:3 Exodus 20:4

1 Corinthians 10:14 · BSB

Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.

1 Corinthians 10:7 · BSB

Do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written: “The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.”

Revelation 9:20 · BSB

Now the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see or h…

Revelation 14:11 · BSB

And the smoke of their torment rises forever and ever. Day and night there is no rest for those who worship the beast and its image, or for anyone who receives the mark of its name.”

Exodus 20:3 · BSB

You shall have no other gods before Me.

Exodus 20:4 · BSB

You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath.

“Amen”

Matthew 6:13

Matthew 6:13 · BSB

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. ’

Also

1 Thessalonians 1:9

1 Thessalonians 1:9 · BSB

For they themselves report what kind of welcome you gave us, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

20And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

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