Yourselves (εαυτα). Neuter plural reflexive because of τεκνια. The active voice φυλασσετε with the reflexive accents the need of e…

Little children. This is a favorite mode of address with John (see Barnes on 1 John 2:1), and it was proper to use it in givin…

1. SOME PRACTICAL POINTS RECAPITULATED (1 John 5:18–21).

   1. God’s sons do not sin ([Reference 1 …

But he that is begotten of God keeps himself, and that wicked one touches him not. And we knew that we are of God, and the whole world lies in …

John closes on an affectionate note and with a final admonition. “Dear children” (cf. 3:7; 4:4) reminds his readers of his genuine commitment to th…

Keep yourselves from idols. Although this is a separate sentence, it is, so to speak, an appendix to the preceding doctrine. For the life-…

Little children, keep yourselves from idols, Amen . From Heathen idols and idolatry, into which the saints in those times…

All mankind is divided into two parties or dominions; that which belongs to God, and that which belongs to the wicked one. True believers belong to…