“ Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen. ”
Little children - This is a favorite mode of address with John, (see the notes at 1 John 2:1 ), and it was proper to use it in giving his parting counsel; embracing, in fact, all that he had to...
(19) Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen. (19) He expresses a plain precept of taking heed of idols: which he contrasts with the only true God, that with this seal he might seal up all...
Conclusion. A reminder of the writer's purpose, an assertion of the value and also the limitations of intercessory prayer, and a summary of the teaching of the epistle. 1 John 5:13 . that. life...
Little children . App-108. keep . guard, as Jude 1:24 . from . App-104. idols . As in 1 Corinthians 8:4 . An idol may not be. material one, but may consist in whatever. man looks to for help...
21 Keep yourselves from idols Though this be a separate sentence, yet it is as it were an appendix to the preceding doctrine. For the vivifying light of the Gospel ought to scatter and dissi...
Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen. Little children - Τεκνια· Beloved children; he concludes with the same affectionate feeling with which he commenced. Keep yourselves from idols - A...
Keep yourselves from idols— "Upon the whole then, my dear children, whom I as affectionately love as a father does his tender babes, let all these considerations engage you to abstain from every ap...
Affectionate parting caution. From idols - Christians were everywhere surrounded by idolaters with whom it was impossible to avoid some contact. Hence, the need of being on their guard against...
The Love, Obedience, and Assurance of Believers 1. The reason for brotherly love. 2 . This is the converse of 1 John 4:19-21 . Love to God and love to the brethren being inseparable, each is th...
(3) SOME PRACTICAL POINTS RECAPITULATED ( 1 John 5:18-21 ). ( a ) God’s sons do not sin ( 1 John 5:18 ). St. John refers back to “that ye may know” in 1 John 5:13 , and sums up three points fro...
Chapter 1 Part 1 1 John THE SURROUNDINGS OF THE FIRST EPISTLE OF ST. JOHN. 1 John 5:21 AFTER the example of a writer of genius, preachers and essayists for the last forty years have constantl...
Ask According to His Will 1 John 5:13-21 We know that we have eternal life. The rope is in our hand bearing us onward, but its ends are hidden from view in the past and in the future. We also k...
The final subject is our fellowship with God in life. This is fundamental, and is shown to be so. The relationship between the life of God and the love of God is self-evident, and that is equally tru...
And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he heareth us: (15) And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitio...
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 idola...
Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen. Ver. 21. Keep yourselves from idols ] Negatively at least (as those 7000 in Israel, that had not bowed their knees to Baal), if not positively,...
We know By all these infallible proofs; that the Son of God is come Into the world; and hath given us an understanding Hath enlightened our minds; that we may know him that is true The living...
“Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and everyone that loveth Him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of Him.” The faith that Jesus is the Christ is here seen to corr...
Privileges of Believers. A. D. 80. 18 We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but...
i.e. From those idolatrous communions with the Gentiles in their worship and festivals in their temples, which these pseudo-christians had latitude enough for, as appears by the apostle St. Paul's di...
Conclusion ( 1 John 5:14-21 ). John concludes his letter with four major points. 1) The certainty that Christians can have of victory through prayer. In the face of all that confronts them they...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES 1 John 5:13-21 may be treated as a summary and conclusion. They divide into three parts: 1. Faith in the Son of God, eternal life, and love of the brethren showin...
1 John 5:21 Idols. I. Let us glance at three forms of idolatry against which we must ever be on our guard. (1) There is the worship of other gods, or false gods: the worship of Moloch, and Baalim...
1 John 5:1 . Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God. Take comfort, believer, from that declaration. You have accepted Jesus as the Christ the anointed of God, so the apostle...
1 John 5:1 . Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ, is born of God. The faith which embraces him as the Lord of glory, has a regenerating influence on the heart. The immediate fruit is love...
Little children, keep yourselves from idols The sin of idolising I. What is the right notion of idolatry, as it still prevails even among nominal Christians?” I answer generally; whatever is s...
EXPOSITION 1 John 5:1-62 Faith is the source of love. 1 John 5:1 The verse is a sorites. To believe in the Incarnation involves birth from God. To be born of God involves loving God....
The obligations of divine sonship:
1 Corinthians 10:14 ; 1 Corinthians 10:7 ; 1 John 2:1 ; 2 Corinthians 6:16 ; 2 Corinthians 6:17 ; Exodus 20:3 ; Exodus 20:4 ; Matthew 6:13 ; Revelation 13:14 ; Revelation 13:15 ; Revelatio...
Salvation Made Sure 1 John 5:1-21 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Taking stock is a very important thing with the business man. Laying a good foundation is a very important task with the builder, Feeling t...
Keep yourselves from idols — From all worship of false gods, from all worship of images or of any creature, and from every inward idol; from loving, desiring, fearing anything more than God. Seek a...