²¹ Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.

Flee from Idolatry

¹⁴ Therefore, my beloved, ^(A)flee from idolatry.

^7 (A)And do not become idolaters as were some of them. As it is written, ^(B)“The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.”

¹⁶ And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For ^(A)you^[a] are the temple of the living God. As God has said:

¹⁷ Therefore

⁹ For they themselves declare concerning us ^(A)what manner of entry we had to you, ^(B)and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God,

²⁰ But the rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, ^(A)did not repent of the works of their hands, that they should not worship ^(B)demons, ^(C)and idols of gold, silver, brass, stone, and wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk.

The Test of Knowing Christ

2 My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, ^(A)we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.