OET interlinear 1 YHN (1 JHN) 5:21

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

τεκνία

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Τεκνία φυλάξατε ἑαυτά ἀπό τῶν εἰδώλων)

See how you translated children in 2:1. Alternate translation: [You dear believers who are under my care]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

φυλάξατε ἑαυτὰ ἀπὸ

keep (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Τεκνία φυλάξατε ἑαυτά ἀπό τῶν εἰδώλων)

Here, keep yourselves from is an idiom that means “avoid.” If this phrase does not have that meaning in your language, you could use an idiom from your language that does have that meaning or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [have nothing to do with] or [stay away from]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

τῶν εἰδώλων

¬the idols

Here, idols could mean: (1) figurative idols, that is, anything that might take the place of the real God in a person’s life. Alternate translation: [to anything that might take the place of God in your life]; (2) literal idols, that is, statues that were worshiped as if they embodied a god. Alternate transation: [to idols]