12 I am writing to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven for his name's sake.

13 I am writing to you, fathers, because you have come to know him who has been from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have conquered the Evil One. I have written to you, little children, because you have come to know the Father.

14 I have written to you, fathers, because you have come to know him who has been from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong and the message of God remains in you and you have conquered the Evil One.

15 Do not love the world nor the things that are in the world. If any one loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him;