2:13 I am writing to you, fathers, that30 you have known him who has been from the beginning. I am writing to you, young people, that31 you have conquered the evil one.32
sn The phrase the evil one is used in John 17:15 as a reference to Satan. Satan is also the referent here and in the four other occurrences in 1 John (2:14; 3:12; 5:18, 19).