1 John 5:19-21

We  know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one. We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true by being in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life. Dear children, keep yourselves from idols.

 

We know that we are children of God,

1 John 4:6  We are from God, and whoever knows God listens to us; but whoever is not from God does not listen to us. This is how we recognize the Spirit of truth and the spirit of falsehood. (see verses 1-6)

and that the whole world is under control of the evil one. 

John 12:31  "Now is the time for judgment on this world; now the prince of this world will be driven out." (see verses 20-36)

John 17:15  "My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one." (see verses 13-19)

We know also that the Son of God has come 

1 John 5:5  Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God. (see verses 1-12)

and has given us understanding, 

Luke 24:45  Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures. (see verses 44-49)

so that we may know him who is true. 

John 17:3  "Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent." (see verses 1-5)

And we are in him who is true by being in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life. 

1 John 5:11  And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. (see verses 1-12)

John 3:16  For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. (see verses 14-18)

John 3:36  Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God's wrath remains on them. (see verses 31-36)

Dear children, keep yourselves from idols. 

1 Corinthians 10:14  Therefore, my dear friends, flee from idolatry. (see verses 1-22)

1 Thessalonians 1:8-9  The Lord's message rang out from you not only in Macedonia and Achaia--your faith in God has become known everywhere. Therefore we do not need to say anything about it, for they themselves report what kind of reception you gave us. They tell how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God, ... (see verses 2-10)

 

(parentheses are mine)

 

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