1 John 2:13 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹³ I am writing to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young people, because you have conquered the evil one.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹³ I am writing to you, fathers, because you have come to know (recognize, be aware of, and understand) Him Who [has existed] from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have been victorious over the wicked [one]. I write to you, boys (lads), because you have come to know (recognize and be aware) of the Father.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹³ 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.

Common English Bible

¹³ Parents, I’m writing to you because you have known the one who has existed from the beginning. Young people, I’m writing to you because you have conquered the evil one.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹³ I am writing to you, fathers, because you have known him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, adolescents, because you have overcome the evil one.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹³ I write unto you, fathers, because you have known him, who is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because you have overcome the wicked one.

1 John 2:13 Cross References

Psalm 148:12

Young men and women alike, old and young together!

Psalm 90:2

Before the mountains were brought forth or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.

Psalm 91:14

Those who love me, I will deliver; I will protect those who know my name.

Proverbs 20:29

The glory of youths is their strength, but the beauty of the aged is their gray hair.

Joel 2:28

Then afterward I will pour out my spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions.

Zechariah 9:17

For what goodness and beauty are his! Grain shall make the young men flourish, and new wine the young women.

Matthew 11:27

All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.

Matthew 13:19

When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what is sown in the heart; this is what was sown on the path.

Matthew 13:38

the field is the world, and the good seed are the children of the kingdom; the weeds are the children of the evil one,

Matthew 5:37

Let your word be ‘Yes, Yes’ or ‘No, No’; anything more than this comes from the evil one.

Luke 10:22

All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is except the Father or who the Father is except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.”

John 14:7

If you know me, you will know my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him.”

John 14:9

Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and you still do not know me? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?

John 16:3

And they will do this because they have not known the Father or me.

John 16:33

I have said this to you so that in me you may have peace. In the world you face persecution, but take courage: I have conquered the world!”

John 17:21

that they may all be one. As you, Father, are in me and I am in you, may they also be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.

John 17:3

And this is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.

John 8:19

Then they said to him, “Where is your Father?” Jesus answered, “You know neither me nor my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father also.”

2 Corinthians 4:6

For it is the God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.

1 Timothy 5:1

Do not speak harshly to an older man, but speak to him as to a father, to younger men as brothers,

Titus 2:6

Likewise, urge the younger men to be self-controlled

1 John 1:1

We declare to you what was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and touched with our hands, concerning the word of life—

1 John 2:1

My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous,

1 John 2:12

I am writing to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven on account of his name.

1 John 2:14

I write to you, children, because you know the Father. I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young people, because you are strong and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.

1 John 3:12

We must not be like Cain, who was from the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother’s righteous.

1 John 4:4

Little children, you are from God and have conquered them, for the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.

1 John 5:18

We know that those who are born of God do not sin, but the one who was born of God protects them, and the evil one does not touch them.

1 John 5:20

And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

Revelation 12:11

But they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they did not cling to life even in the face of death.

Revelation 2:7

Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches. To everyone who conquers, I will give permission to eat from the tree of life that is in the paradise of God.