I wrote to you, fathers, because you have come to know Him [who is] from the beginning. I wrote to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil [one].

Do not sharply rebuke an older man, but [rather] exhort him as a father, younger men as brothers,

Now by this we know that we have come to know Him, if we keep His commandments.

He who says, "I have come to know Him," and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him that is true; and we are in Him that is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

For he has hoped in Me, and I will deliver him; I will protect him, because he has known My name.

And turning to His disciples He said, "All things have been delivered to Me by My Father, and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, and who the Father is except the Son, and [the one] to whom the Son wills to reveal [Him]."

Then they said to Him, "Where is Your Father?" Jesus answered, "You know neither Me nor My Father. If you knew Me, you would also know My Father."

"If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; and from now [on] you know Him and you have seen Him."

And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.

That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have gazed upon, and our hands have handled, concerning the Word of life--

Before the mountains existed, and [before] the earth and the world were formed, even from age to age, You are [God].

I wrote to you, fathers, because you have come to know Him [who is] from the beginning. I wrote to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil [one].

young men and virgins, old men with youths;

Wisdom is an ornament to young men, and gray hairs are the glory of old men.

And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out of My Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions.

For if He has anything good, and if He has anything fair, the young men shall have grain, and there shall be fragrant wine to the virgins.

Likewise exhort the young men to be sensible,

You are of God, little children, and you have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.

because everything having been born of God overcomes the world: and this is the victory that has overcome the world--your faith.

Who is he that overcomes the world, if not he that believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

Finally, my brothers, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.

For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual [forces] of evil in the heavenlies.

Be sober, be watchful; your adversary the devil walks about as a roaring lion, seeking someone he may devour.

Resist him, being steadfast in [your] faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world.

not as Cain who was of the evil one and slew his brother. And for what reason did he slay him? Because his works were evil and the [works] of his brother were righteous.

We know that everyone begotten of God does not sin; but he that was begotten of God keeps himself, and the evil [one] does not touch him.

When anyone hears the word of the kingdom, and does not understand, then the evil [one] comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the [seed] being sown beside the road.

And the field is the world, and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom, but the tares are the sons of the evil [one].

My little children, these things I write to you, that you may not sin. And if someone should sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.

I am writing to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven you on account of His name.

All things have been delivered to Me by My Father, and no one fully knows the Son except the Father, nor does anyone fully know the Father except the Son, and [the one] to whom the Son wills to reveal [Him].

And turning to His disciples He said, "All things have been delivered to Me by My Father, and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, and who the Father is except the Son, and [the one] to whom the Son wills to reveal [Him]."

Jesus answered, "If I glorify Myself, My glory is nothing. It is My Father who glorifies Me, of whom you say that He is our God.

And yet you have not known Him, but I know Him. And if I would say that I do not know Him, I would be like you, a liar; but I do know Him, and I keep His word.

"If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; and from now [on] you know Him and you have seen Him."

Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you for so long a time, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He that has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, 'Show us the Father'?

And these things they will do [to you] because they did not know the Father nor Me.

so that they all may be one, just as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.

Because it is God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who shined in our hearts to give [the] light of the knowledge of the glory of God in [the] face of Jesus Christ.