1 John 5:21

Geneva Bible (1560)

Litle children, keepe your selues from idoles, Amen.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 10:14 : 14 Wherefore my beloued, flee from idolatrie.
  • 1 Cor 10:7 : 7 Neither bee ye idolaters as were some of them, as it is written, The people sate downe to eate and drinke, and rose vp to play.
  • 1 John 2:1 : 1 My litle children, these things write I vnto you, that ye sinne not: and if any man sinne, wee haue an Aduocate with the Father, Iesus Christ, the Iust.
  • Rev 9:20 : 20 And the remnant of the men which were not killed by these plagues, repented not of the works of their handes that they should not worship deuils, and idoles of golde and of siluer, and of brasse, and of stone, and of wood, which neither can see, neither heare nor goe.
  • Rev 13:14-15 : 14 And deceiued them that dwell on the earth by the signes, which were permitted to him to doe in the sight of the beast, saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make the image of the beast, which had the wound of a sword, and did liue. 15 And it was permitted to him to giue a spirit vnto the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast should speake, and should cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast, should be killed.
  • Rev 14:11 : 11 And the smoke of their torment shall ascend euermore: and they shal haue no rest day nor night, which worship the beast and his image, and whosoeuer receiueth the print of his name.
  • 2 Cor 6:16-17 : 16 And what agreement hath the Temple of God with idols? for ye are the Temple of the liuing God: as God hath said, I will dwell among them, and walke there: and I will be their God, and they shalbe my people. 17 Wherefore come out from among them, and separate your selues, saith the Lord, and touch none vncleane thing, and I wil receiue you.
  • 1 Thess 1:9 : 9 For they themselues shew of vs what maner of entring in we had vnto you, and how ye turned to God from idoles, to serue the liuing and true God,
  • Exod 20:3-4 : 3 Thou shalt haue none other Gods before me. 4 Thou shalt make thee no grauen image, neither any similitude of things that are in heauen aboue, neither that are in the earth beneath, nor that are in the waters vnder the earth.
  • Matt 6:13 : 13 And leade vs not into tentation, but deliuer vs from euill: for thine is the kingdome, and the power, and the glorie for euer. Amen.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 79%

    18 We know that whosoeuer is borne of God, sinneth not: but he that is begotten of God, keepeth himselfe, and that wicked one toucheth him not.

    19 We knowe that we are of God, and this whole world lieth in wickednesse.

    20 But we know that that Sone of God is come, & hath giue vs a mind to know him, which is true: & we are in him that is true, that is, in that his Sone Iesus Christ: this same is that very God, and that eternal life.

  • 14 Wherefore my beloued, flee from idolatrie.

  • 28 And nowe, litle children, abide in him, that when he shall appeare, we may be bolde, and not be ashamed before him at his comming.

  • 1 John 5:1-3
    3 verses
    74%

    1 Whosoeuer beleeueth that Iesus is that Christ, is borne of God: and euery one that loueth him, which begate, loueth him also which is begotten of him.

    2 In this we know that we loue the children of God, when we loue God, and keepe his commandements.

    3 For this is the loue of God, that we keepe his commandements: and his commandements are not burdenous.

  • 1 Bee yee therefore followers of God, as deare children,

  • 1 John 3:6-7
    2 verses
    71%

    6 Whosoeuer abideth in him, sinneth not: whosoeuer sinneth, hath not seene him, neither hath knowen him.

    7 Litle children, let no man deceiue you: he that doeth righteousnes, is righteous, as hee is righteous.

  • 1 My litle children, these things write I vnto you, that ye sinne not: and if any man sinne, wee haue an Aduocate with the Father, Iesus Christ, the Iust.

  • 2 John 1:7-9
    3 verses
    71%

    7 For many deceiuers are entred into this worlde, which confesse not that Iesus Christ is come in the flesh. He that is such one, is a deceiuer and an Antichrist.

    8 Looke to your selues, that we lose not the things which we haue done, but that we may receiue full reward.

    9 Whosoeuer transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that continueth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Sonne.

  • 5 But hee that keepeth his worde, in him is the loue of God perfect in deede: hereby wee knowe that ye are in him.

  • 70%

    21 Try all things, & keepe that which is good.

    22 Absteine from all appearance of euill.

  • 70%

    18 My litle children, let vs not loue in worde, neither in tongue onely, but in deede and in trueth.

    19 For thereby we know that we are of the trueth, and shal before him assure our hearts.

  • 4 Litle children, ye are of God, and haue ouercome them: for greater is he that is in you, then he that is in this world.

  • 4 Concerning therefore the eating of things sacrificed vnto idoles, we knowe that an idole is nothing in the worlde, and that there is none other God but one.

  • 70%

    13 I write vnto you, fathers, because yee haue knowen him that is from the beginning. I write vnto you, yong men, because ye haue ouercome that wicked one. I write vnto you, litle children, because ye haue knowen ye Father.

    14 I haue written vnto you, fathers, because ye haue knowen him, that is from the beginning. I haue written vnto you, yong men, because ye are strong, and the worde of God abideth in you, and ye haue ouercome that wicked one.

    15 Loue not this world, neither the things that are in this world. If any man loue this world, the loue of the Father is not in him.

  • 13 These things haue I written vnto you, that beleeue in the Name of that Sonne of God, that ye may knowe that ye haue eternall life, and that ye may beleeue in the Name of that Sonne of God.

  • 21 And keepe your selues in the loue of God, looking for the mercie of our Lorde Iesus Christ, vnto eternall life.

  • 14 As obedient children, not fashioning your selues vnto the former lustes of your ignorance:

  • 4 Ye shall not turne vnto idoles, nor make you molten gods: I am the Lord your God.

  • Eph 5:6-7
    2 verses
    69%

    6 Let no man deceiue you with vaine wordes: for, for such thinges commeth the wrath of God vpon the children of disobedience.

    7 Be not therefore companions with them.

  • 11 Beloued, followe not that which is euill, but that which is good: he that doeth well, is of God: but he that doeth euill, hath not seene God.

  • 3 And hereby we are sure that we knowe him, if we keepe his commandements.

  • 69%

    24 Let therefore abide in you that same which ye haue heard from the beginning. If that which ye haue heard from the beginning, shal remaine in you, ye also shal continue in the Sonne, and in the Father.

    25 And this is the promes that he hath promised vs, euen that eternall life.

    26 These things haue I written vnto you, concerning them that deceiue you.

  • 9 For they themselues shew of vs what maner of entring in we had vnto you, and how ye turned to God from idoles, to serue the liuing and true God,

  • 69%

    23 This is then his commaundement, That we beleeue in the Name of his Sonne Iesus Christ, and loue one another as hee gaue commaundement.

    24 For hee that keepeth his commaundements, dwelleth in him, and he in him: and hereby we knowe that hee abideth in vs, euen by that Spirit which he hath giuen vs.

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    17 And this world passeth away, & the lust thereof: but he that fulfilleth the will of God, abideth euer.

    18 Litle children, it is the last time, and as ye haue heard that Antichrist shal come, euen now are there many Antichrists: whereby we know that it is the last time.

  • 5 This then is the message which wee haue heard of him, and declare vnto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkenes.

  • 11 And this is that record, to wit, that God hath giuen vnto vs eternall life, and this life is in that his Sonne.

  • 7 Thou shalt haue none other gods before my face.

  • 20 Brethren, be not children in vnderstanding, but as concerning maliciousnes be children, but in vnderstanding be of a ripe age.

  • 2 John 1:4-5
    2 verses
    68%

    4 I reioyced greatly, that I founde of thy children walking in trueth, as we haue receiued a commandement of the Father.

    5 And nowe beseeche I thee, Lady, (not as writing a newe commandement vnto thee, but that same which we had from the beginning) that we loue one another.

  • 5 Yee are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, neither of darkenesse.

  • 3 Thou shalt haue none other Gods before me.

  • 21 I haue not written vnto you, because ye knowe not the trueth: but because ye knowe it, and that no lie is of the trueth.