1 John 5:21

Bible in Basic English (1941)

My little children, keep yourselves from false gods.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 10:14 : 14 For this cause, my dear brothers, give no worship to false gods.
  • 1 Cor 10:7 : 7 Then do not go after false gods, as some of them did; as it is said in the holy Writings, After resting and feasting, the people got up to take their pleasure.
  • 1 John 2:1 : 1 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may be without sin. And if any man is a sinner, we have a friend and helper with the Father, Jesus Christ, the upright one:
  • Rev 9:20 : 20 And the rest of the people, who were not put to death by these evils, were not turned from the works of their hands, but went on giving worship to evil spirits, and images of gold and silver and brass and stone and wood which have no power of seeing or hearing or walking:
  • Rev 13:14-15 : 14 And those who are on the earth are turned from the true way by him through the signs which he was given power to do before the beast; giving orders to those who are on the earth to make an image to the beast, who was wounded by the sword, and came to life. 15 And he had power to give breath to the image of the beast, so that words might come from the image of the beast, and that he might have all those who did not give worship to the image of the beast put to death.
  • Rev 14:11 : 11 And the smoke of their pain goes up for ever and ever; and they have no rest day and night, who give worship to the beast and his image, and have on them the mark of his name.
  • 2 Cor 6:16-17 : 16 And what agreement has the house of God with images? for we are a house of the living God; even as God has said, I will be living among them, and walking with them; and I will be their God, and they will be my people. 17 For which cause, Come out from among them, and be separate, says the Lord, and let no unclean thing come near you; and I will take you for myself,
  • 1 Thess 1:9 : 9 For they themselves give the news of how we came among you; and how you were turned from images to God, to the worship of a true and living God,
  • Exod 20:3-4 : 3 You are to have no other gods but me. 4 You are not to make an image or picture of anything in heaven or on the earth or in the waters under the earth:
  • Matt 6:13 : 13 And let us not be put to the test, but keep us safe from the Evil One.

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    18 We are certain that one who is a child of God will do no sin, but the Son of God keeps him so that he is not touched by the Evil One.

    19 We are certain that we are of God, but all the world is in the power of the Evil One.

    20 And we are certain that the Son of God has come, and has given us a clear vision, so that we may see him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

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    14 For this cause, my dear brothers, give no worship to false gods.

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    28 And now, my children, keep your hearts in him; so that at his revelation, we may have no fear or shame before him at his coming.

  • 1 John 5:1-3
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    1 Everyone who has faith that Jesus is the Christ is a child of God: and everyone who has love for the Father has love for his child.

    2 In this way, we are certain that we have love for the children of God, when we have love for God and keep his laws.

    3 For loving God is keeping his laws: and his laws are not hard.

  • Eph 5:1
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    1 Let it then be your desire to be like God, as well-loved children;

  • 1 John 3:6-7
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    6 Anyone who is in him does no sin; anyone who is a sinner has not seen him and has no knowledge of him.

    7 My little children, let no man take you out of the true way: he who does righteousness is upright, even as he is upright;

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    1 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may be without sin. And if any man is a sinner, we have a friend and helper with the Father, Jesus Christ, the upright one:

  • 2 John 1:7-9
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    7 Because a number of false teachers have gone out into the world, who do not give witness that Jesus Christ came in the flesh. Such a one is a false teacher and Antichrist.

    8 Keep watch over yourselves, so that you do not make our work of no effect, but may get your full reward.

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    5 But in every man who keeps his word, the love of God is made complete. By this we may be certain that we are in him:

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    21 Let all things be tested; keep to what is good;

    22 Keep from every form of evil.

  • 1 John 3:18-19
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    18 My little children, do not let our love be in word and in tongue, but let it be in act and in good faith.

    19 In this way we may be certain that we are true, and may give our heart comfort before him,

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    4 You are of God, my little children, and you have overcome them because he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.

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    4 So, then, as to the question of taking food offered to images, we are certain that an image is nothing in the world, and that there is no God but one.

  • 1 John 2:13-15
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    13 I am writing to you, fathers, because you have knowledge of him who was from the first. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the Evil One. I have sent a letter to you, children, because you have knowledge of the Father.

    14 I have sent a letter to you, fathers, because you have knowledge of him who was from the first. I have sent a letter to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God is in you, and because you have overcome the Evil One.

    15 Have no love for the world or for the things which are in the world. If any man has love for the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

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    13 I have put these things in writing for you who have faith in the name of the Son of God, so that you may be certain that you have eternal life.

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    21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for life eternal through the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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    14 Like children ruled by God, do not go back to the old desires of the time when you were without knowledge:

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    4 Do not go after false gods, and do not make metal images of gods for yourselves: I am the Lord your God.

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    6 Do not be turned from the right way by foolish words; for because of these things the punishment of God comes on those who do not put themselves under him.

    7 Have no part with such men;

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    11 My loved one, do not be copying what is evil, but what is good. He who does good is of God: he who does evil has not seen God.

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    3 And by this we may be certain that we have knowledge of him, if we keep his laws.

  • 1 John 2:24-26
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    24 But as for you, keep in your hearts the things which were made clear to you from the first. If you keep these things in your hearts you will be kept in the Father and the Son.

    25 And this is the hope which he gave you, even eternal life.

    26 I am writing these things to you about those whose purpose is that you may be turned out of the true way.

  • 1 Thess 1:9
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    9 For they themselves give the news of how we came among you; and how you were turned from images to God, to the worship of a true and living God,

  • 1 John 3:23-24
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    23 And this is his law, that we have faith in the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love for one another, even as he said to us.

    24 He who keeps his laws is in God and God is in him. And the Spirit which he gave us is our witness that he is in us.

  • 1 John 2:17-18
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    17 And the world and its desires is coming to an end: but he who does God's pleasure is living for ever.

    18 Little children, it is the last hour; and as you were given word that the Antichrist would come, so now a number of Antichrists have come to you; and by this we are certain that it is the last hour.

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    5 This is the word which came to us from him and which we give to you, that God is light and in him there is nothing dark.

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    11 And his witness is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

  • Deut 5:7
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    7 You are to have no other gods but me.

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    20 My brothers, do not be children in mind: in evil be as little children, but in mind be of full growth.

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    4 It gave me great joy to see some of your children walking in the true way, even as we were ordered to do by the Father.

    5 And now, my sister, I make a request to you, not sending you a new law, but the law which we had from the first, that we have love for one another.

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    5 For you are all sons of light and of the day: we are not of the night or of the dark.

  • Exod 20:3
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    3 You are to have no other gods but me.

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    21 I have not sent you this letter because you have no knowledge of what is true, but because you have knowledge, and because that which is false has nothing in common with that which is true.