1 John 2:13
I write to you, fathers, because ye have known him from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because ye have overcome evil. I write to you, children, because ye know the Father.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
12I write to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven you through his name.
Cross References
Psalms 90:2Before the mountains were brought forth, or thou had ever formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou are God.
Psalms 148:12both young men and virgins, old men and sons.
Joel 2:28And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy. Your old men shall dream dreams. Your young men shall see visions.
Matthew 11:27All things were delivered to me by my Father. And no man knows the Son, except the Father, nor does any man know the Father, except the Son, and he to whomever the Son wants to reveal him.
Matthew 13:38and the field is the world, and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom, but the tares are the sons of evil.
John 8:19They said therefore to him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye know neither me, nor my Father. If ye had known me, ye would have known my Father also.
Matthew Henry on 1 John 2:13-18
Against the Love of the World. ( a. d. 80.) 12 I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake. 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… Read the whole commentary →