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13 Fathers, I’m writing to you
    because you know the one who is from the beginning.
Young men, I’m writing to you
    because you have won the battle over the evil one.

14 Dear children, I’m writing to you
    because you know the Father.
Fathers, I’m writing to you
    because you know the one who is from the beginning.
Young men, I’m writing to you
    because you are strong.
    God’s word lives in you.
    You have won the battle over the evil one.

Do Not Love the World

15 Do not love the world or anything in it. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them.

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13 I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father.

14 I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.

15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

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