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

Little.

1 John 2:1 My little children, these things I write to you, that you may not sin. But if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the just.

keep.

Exodus 20:3,4 Thou shalt not have strange gods before me. . . .

1 Corinthians 10:7,14 Neither become ye idolaters, as some of them, as it is written: The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play. . . .

2 Corinthians 6:16,17 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God: as God saith: I will dwell in them and walk among them. And I will be their God: and they shall be my people. . . .

Revelation 9:20 And the rest of the men, who were not slain by these plagues, did not do penance from the works of their hands, that they should not adore devils and idols of gold and silver and brass and stone and wood, which neither can see nor hear nor walk:

Revelation 13:14,15 And he seduced them that dwell on the earth, for the signs which were given him to do in the sight of the beast: saying to them that dwell on the earth that they should make the image of the beast which had the wound by the sword and lived. . . .

Revelation 14:11 And the smoke of their torments, shall ascend up for ever and ever: neither have they rest day nor night, who have adored the beast and his image and whoever receiveth the character of his name.

Amen.

Matthew 6:13 And lead us not into temptation. But deliver us from evil. Amen.

Context
Concluding Remarks
20And we know that the Son of God is come. And he hath given us understanding that we may know the true God and may be in his true Son. This is the true God and life eternal. 21Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 10:7
Neither become ye idolaters, as some of them, as it is written: The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play.

1 Corinthians 10:14
Wherefore, my dearly beloved, fly from the service of idols.

1 Thessalonians 1:9
For they themselves relate of us, what manner of entering in we had unto you: and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God.

1 John 2:1
My little children, these things I write to you, that you may not sin. But if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the just.

Lexicon
Little children,
Τεκνία (Teknia)
Noun - Vocative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 5040: A little child. Diminutive of teknon; an infant, i.e. darlings.

keep
φυλάξατε (phylaxate)
Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 5442: Probably from phule through the idea of isolation; to watch, i.e. Be on guard; by implication, to preserve, obey, avoid.

yourselves
ἑαυτὰ (heauta)
Reflexive Pronoun - Accusative Neuter 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1438: Himself, herself, itself.

from
ἀπὸ (apo)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 575: From, away from. A primary particle; 'off, ' i.e. Away, in various senses.

idols.
εἰδώλων (eidōlōn)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 1497: An idol, false god. From eidos; an image; by implication, a heathen god, or the worship of such.


Additional Translations
Little children, keep yourselves from idols.

Little children, keep yourselves from idols.

Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.

My little children, guard yourselves from idols.

Children, keep yourselves from idols.

My little children, guard yourselves from idols.

Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.

Dear children, guard yourselves from idols.

Little children, keep yourselves from idols.

Little children, guard yourselves from the idols! Amen.
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