1YHN 5:21 Parallel Verse View

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UST I say this to you who are as dear to me as though you were my own children: “Be careful that you never give yourselves to anything that is a false god.”

AICNT Little children, guard yourselves from idols. [[Amen]][fn]

5:21, Amen: Later manuscripts add. BYZ TR

OEB My children, guard yourselves against false ideas of God.

WEBBE Little children, keep yourselves from idols.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Little children, guard yourselves from idols.

LSV Little children, guard yourselves from idols! Amen.

FBV Dear friends, stay away from idol worship.

TCNT Little children, guard yourselves from idols. [fn]Amen.

5:21 Amen. 84.3% ¦ — CT 15.5%

T4T I say to you who are very dear to me, guard/keep yourselves from worshipping gods that have no real power!

LEB Little children, guard yourselves from idols.

BBE My little children, keep yourselves from false gods.

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Wymth Dear children, guard yourselves from idols.
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ASV My little children, guard yourselves from idols.

DRA Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.

YLT Little children, guard yourselves from the idols! Amen.

Drby Children, keep yourselves from idols.

RV My little children, guard yourselves from idols.

Wbstr Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.

KJB-1769 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.

KJB-1611 Little children, keepe your selues from Idoles. Amen.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation)

Bshps Babes kepe your selues from idols. Amen.
(Babes keep yourselves from idols. Amen.)

Gnva Litle children, keepe your selues from idoles, Amen.
(Litle children, keep yourselves from idols, Amen. )

Cvdl Babes kepe youre selues from ymages. Amen.
(Babes keep yourselves from images. Amen.)

TNT Babes kepe youre selves from ymages. Amen.
(Babes keep your(pl) selves from images. Amen. )

Wycl This is veri God, and euerlastynge lijf. My litle sones, kepe ye you fro maumetis.
(This is veri God, and everlasting life. My little sons, keep ye/you_all you from maumetis.)

Luth Kindlein, hütet euch vor den Abgöttern! Amen.
(Kindlein, hütet you before/in_front_of the Abgöttern! Amen.)

ClVg Filioli, custodite vos a simulacris. Amen.[fn]
(Filioli, custodite you from simulacris. Amen. )

5.21 Filioli. Et quia verum Deum et verum hominem cognoscitis, et vitam æternam exspectatis, custodite vos a doctrinis hæreticorum, qui speciem sanctitatis sibi assumunt, qui pravis dogmatibus gloriam incorruptibilis Dei in similitudinem corruptibilium rerum mutant. Avaritia enim est simulacrorum servitus; qui ergo mundum Deo præponunt, idololatræ sunt. Custodite. Cum testimonium perfectionis in multis perhibuerit illis, poterat tamen adhuc timeri, ne aliquis nuper conversus reliquias superstitionis mente retineret, ideoque ab idolorum cultu fugiendum esse demonstrat.

5.21 Filioli. And because verum God and verum hominem cognoscitis, and life eternal exspectatis, custodite you from doctrinis hæreticorum, who speciem sanctitatis sibi assumunt, who pravis dogmatibus gloriam incorruptibilis of_God in similitudinem corruptibilium rerum mutant. Avaritia because it_is simulacrorum servitus; who therefore the_world Deo præponunt, idololatræ are. Custodite. Since testimony perfectionis in multis perhibuerit to_them, poterat tamen adhuc timeri, not aliwho/any nuper conversus reliquias superstitionis mente retineret, ideoque away idolorum cultu fugiendum esse demonstrat.

UGNT τεκνία, φυλάξατε ἑαυτὰ ἀπὸ τῶν εἰδώλων.
(teknia, fulaxate heauta apo tōn eidōlōn.)

SBL-GNT Τεκνία, φυλάξατε ἑαυτὰ ἀπὸ τῶν ⸀εἰδώλων.
(Teknia, fulaxate heauta apo tōn ⸀eidōlōn.)

TC-GNT Τεκνία, φυλάξατε [fn]ἑαυτὰ ἀπὸ τῶν εἰδώλων. [fn]Ἀμήν.
(Teknia, fulaxate heauta apo tōn eidōlōn. Amaʸn. )

5:21 εαυτα ¦ εαυτους ANT BYZ ECM^† HF PCK TR

5:21 αμην 84.3% ¦ — CT 15.5%

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

τεκνία

little_children

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 yourselves from

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: [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.

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