1 John 2:7–14

⁷Brethren, a new command I write not to you, but an old command, that ye had from the beginning—the old command is the word that ye heard from the beginning; ⁸again, a new command I write to you, which thing is true in him and in you, because the darkness doth pass away, and the true light doth now shine; ⁹he who is saying, in the light he is, and his brother is hating, in the darkness he is till now; ¹⁰he who is loving his brother, in the light he doth remain, and a stumbling-block in him there is not; ¹¹and he who is hating his brother, in the darkness he is, and in the darkness he doth walk, and he hath not known whither he doth go, because the darkness did blind his eyes.

¹²I write to you, little children, because the sins have been forgiven you through his name; ¹³I write to you, fathers, because ye have known him who is from the beginning; I write to you, young men, because ye have overcome the evil. I write to you, little youths, because ye have known the Father: ¹⁴I did write to you, fathers, because ye have known him who is from the beginning; I did write to you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God in you doth remain, and ye have overcome the evil.