12 Little children, I write to you, because your sins are forgiven you, on account of his name.

13 Fathers, I write to you, because you have known him from the beginning. Young men, I write to you, because you have overcome the wicked one.

14 Fathers, I have written to you, because you have known him from the beginning. Young men, I have written to you, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the wicked one.

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