5:21

keep yourselves from: (Meaning) This is an instruction to take great care that we do not begin to pay attention to these things.

idols: (Meaning) John is probably using this word in a general way, meaning both false gods and also false ideas about God. However in translation it may be clearer to use a specific word referring to the gods of local religion, in contrast to the true God.

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