1 John 5:21

Little children, keep yourselves from idols, Amen. From Heathen idols and idolatry, into which the saints in those times might be liable to be drawn, by reason of their dwelling among Heathen…

Little children - This is a favorite mode of address with John, (see the notes at 1Jo 2:1), and it was proper to use it in giving his parting counsel; embracing, in fact, all that he had to say - that…

Little children - Τεκνια· Beloved children; he concludes with the same affectionate feeling with which he commenced.

Keep yourselves from idols - Avoid the idolatry of the heathens; not only have no…

Here we have,

I. A recapitulation of the privileges and advantages of sound Christian believers. 1. They are secured against sin, against the fulness of its dominion or the fulness of its guilt: We…

Farewell Warning

Little children As usual (1Jn 2:1; 1Jn 2:12; 1Jn 2:28, 1Jn 3:7; 1Jn 3:18; 1Jn 4:4), this refers to all his readers.

keep yourselves Better, as R. V., guard yourselves. It is not the…