12 I write to you{}, [my] little children, because your{} sins are forgiven you{} for his name's sake.

13 I write to you{}, fathers, because you{} know him who is from the beginning. I write to you{}, young men, because you{} have overcome the evil one.

14 I have written to you{}, little children, because you{} know the Father. I have written to you{}, fathers, because you{} know him who is from the beginning. I have written to you{}, young men, because you{} are strong, and the word of God stays in you{}, and you{} have overcome the evil one.

15 Don't love the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.