young men, because you have overcome the Evil one.
I have written to you, children, because you know the Father.
002:014 I have written to you, fathers, because you know Him who has
existed from the very beginning. I have written to you,
young men, because you are strong and God's Message still has
a place in your hearts, and you have overcome the Evil one.
002:015 Do not love the world, nor the things in the world.
If any one loves the world, there is no love in his heart
for the Father.
002:016 For the things in the world--the cravings of the earthly nature,
the cravings of the eyes, the show and pride of life--
they all come, not from the Father, but from the world.
002:017 And the world, with its cravings, is passing away, but he who
does God's will continues for ever.
002:018 Dear children, the last hour has come; and as you once heard
that there was to be an anti-Christ, so even now many
anti-Christs have appeared. By this we may know that the last
hour has come.
002:019 They have gone forth from our midst, but they did not really
belong to us; for had they belonged to us, they would have
remained with us. But they left us that it might be manifest
that professed believers do not all belong to us.
002:020 As for you, you have an anointing from the holy One and
have perfect knowledge.
002:021 I have written to you, not because you are ignorant of the truth,
but because you know it, and you know that nothing false
comes from the truth.
002:022 Who is a liar compared with him who denies that Jesus
is the Christ? He who disowns the Father and the Son
is the anti-Christ.