I have written to you, children, because you have known the Father. I have written to you, fathers, because you have known the [One who is] from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God resides in you, and you have conquered the evil one.

I write unto you, fathers, because ye know him who is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the evil one. I have written unto you, little children, because ye know the Father.

I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and because no lie is of the truth.

These things have I written unto you concerning them that would lead you astray.

These things have I written unto you, that ye may know that ye have eternal life, even unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God.