Don’t let us be tempted (tested);\par but save us from the Evil One\par (the devil).’ {\cf2\super [77]} \par
1 John 5:21 - Easy To Read Version Keep yourselves in God’s love. Wait for the Lord Jesus Christ with his mercy to give you life forever. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) My little children, guard yourselves from idols. Common English Bible Little children, guard yourselves from idols! Catholic Public Domain Version Little sons, keep yourselves from false worship. Amen. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen. |
Don’t let us be tempted (tested);\par but save us from the Evil One\par (the devil).’ {\cf2\super [77]} \par
So, my dear friends, stay away from worshiping idols. {\cf2\super [69]}
Don’t worship idols {\cf2\super [66]} like some of those people did. Like the Scriptures {\cf2\super [67]} say, “The people sat down to eat and drink. The people stood up to dance.” {\cf2\super [68]}
People everywhere tell about the good way you accepted us when we were there with you. Those people tell about how you stopped worshiping idols {\cf2\super [3]} and changed to serve the living and true God.
My dear children, I write this letter to you so that you will not sin. But if any person sins, we have Jesus Christ to help us. He is the righteous (good) One. Jesus defends us before God the Father.
And the smoke from their burning pain will rise forever and ever. There will be no rest, day or night, for those people who worship the animal and his idol or who get the mark of his name.”
The other people \{on the earth\} were not killed by these bad things. But these people still did not change their hearts and lives and turn away from the things they had made with their own hands. They did not stop worshiping demons {\cf2\super [72]} and idols {\cf2\super [73]} made of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood—things that cannot see or hear or walk.