1 John 5:21 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²¹ My little children, guard yourselves from idols.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ Little children, keep yourselves from idols (false gods)–[from anything and everything that would occupy the place in your heart due to God, from any sort of substitute for Him that would take first place in your life]. Amen (so let it be).

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ My little children, guard yourselves from idols.

Common English Bible

²¹ Little children, guard yourselves from idols!

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ Little sons, keep yourselves from false worship. Amen.

1 John 5:21 Cross References

1 Corinthians 10:14

Wherefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.

1 Corinthians 10:7

Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.

1 Thessalonians 1:9

For they themselves report concerning us what manner of entering in we had unto you; and how ye turned unto God from idols, to serve a living and true God,

Matthew 6:13

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

Revelation 9:20

And the rest of mankind, which were not killed with these plagues, repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and the idols of gold, and of silver, and of brass, and of stone, and of wood; which can neither see, nor hear, nor walk:

1 John 2:1

My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye may not sin. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

Revelation 14:11

and the smoke of their torment goeth up for ever and ever; and they have no rest day and night, they that worship the beast and his image, and whoso receiveth the mark of his name.