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13 I am writing to you, fathers,
    because you have known the one who
        has existed from the beginning.
I am writing to you, young people,
    because you have overcome the evil one.
14 I have written to you, little children,
    because you have known the Father.
I have written to you, fathers,
    because you have known the one who
        has existed from the beginning.
I have written to you, young people,
    because you are strong
    and because God’s word remains in you
        and you have overcome the evil one.

15 Stop loving[a] the world and the things that are in the world. If anyone persists in loving the world, the Father’s love is not in him.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 John 2:15 Or Don’t love

13 I am writing to you, fathers,
    because you know him who is from the beginning.(A)
I am writing to you, young men,
    because you have overcome(B) the evil one.(C)

14 I write to you, dear children,(D)
    because you know the Father.
I write to you, fathers,
    because you know him who is from the beginning.(E)
I write to you, young men,
    because you are strong,(F)
    and the word of God(G) lives in you,(H)
    and you have overcome the evil one.(I)

On Not Loving the World

15 Do not love the world or anything in the world.(J) If anyone loves the world, love for the Father[a] is not in them.(K)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 John 2:15 Or world, the Father’s love