1 John 5:21

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“Little children, keep yourselves from idols.”

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“Little children, keep yourselves from idols.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
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“Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.”

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“My little children, guard yourselves from idols.”

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“Little children, guard yourselves from the idols! Amen.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 John 5:21 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 20:3You shall have no other gods before Me.
  2. Matthew 6:13And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’
  3. 1 Corinthians 10:7Do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written: “The people sat down to eat and to drink, and got up to indulge in revelry.”
  4. 1 Corinthians 10:14Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.
  5. 2 Corinthians 6:16What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.”
  6. 1 Thessalonians 1:9For 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
  7. 1 John 2:1My 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.
  8. Revelation 9:20Now 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 hear or walk.
  9. Revelation 13:14Because of the signs it was given to perform on behalf of the first beast, it deceived those who dwell on the earth, telling them to make an image to the beast that had been wounded by the sword and yet had lived.
  10. Revelation 14:11And 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.”

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