1 John 5:21
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 1 John 5:21 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
1 John 5:21 is a verse from the book of 1 John in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
1 John 5:21 — KJV
“Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.”
— 1 John 5:21 (KJV)
1 John 5:21 in Context — About the Book of 1 John
1 John is the apostle of love's late-life letter — written so believers can know they have eternal life. God is light; God is love; perfect love drives out fear. Its tests are simple and searching: walk in the light, love one another, confess sin and find Him faithful to forgive.
Cross-References for 1 John 5:21
“But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.”
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“Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks? with...: or, among the oaks”
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“But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols:”
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“That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.”
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“Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:”
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