1 John 2:13

Easy To Read Version

I write to you, fathers,\par because you know the One who existed (lived) from the beginning.\par I write to you, young people,\par because you have defeated the\par Evil One (the devil).\par

Cross References

Psalm 148:12

God made the young men and women.\par God made the old and young people.\par

Psalm 90:2

God, you were God\par before the mountains were born\par and the earth and the world were made.\par God, you have always been,\par and you will always be, God!\par

Psalm 91:14

The Lord says,\par “If a person trusts me, I will save him.\par I will protect my followers\par who worship my name.\par

Proverbs 20:29

We admire a young man for his strength. But we respect an old man for his gray hair—\{it shows he lived a full life\}.

Joel 2:28

“After this I will pour (give) my Spirit\par on all kinds of people.\par Your sons and daughters will prophesy. {\cf2\super [21]} \par Your old men will dream dreams.\par Your young men will see visions. {\cf2\super [22]} \par

Zechariah 9:17

Everything will be good and beautiful!\par There will be a wonderful crop,\par but it will not be just the food and wine.\par It will be all the young men and women!\par

Matthew 11:27

“My Father has given me all things. No person knows the Son—only the Father knows the Son. And no person knows the Father—only the Son knows the Father. And the only people that will know about the Father are those people the Son chooses to tell.

Matthew 13:19

What is the seed that fell by the path? That seed is like the person that hears the teaching about the kingdom but does not understand it. The Evil One (the devil) comes and takes away the things that were planted in that person’s heart.

Matthew 13:38

The field is the world. The good seed are all of God’s children in the kingdom. The weeds are those people that belong to the Evil One (the devil).

Matthew 5:37

Say only ‘yes’ if you mean yes, and say only ‘no’ if you mean no. If you must say more than ‘yes’ or ‘no,’ it is from the Evil One (the devil).

Luke 10:22

“My Father has given me all things. No person knows who the Son is—only the Father knows. And only the Son knows who the Father is. The only people that will know about the Father are those people the Son chooses to tell.”

John 14:7

If you really knew me, then you would know my Father too. But now you know the Father. You have seen him.”

John 14:9

Jesus answered, “Philip, I have been with you for a long time. So you should know me. The person that has seen me has seen the Father too. So why do you say, ‘Show us the Father’?

John 16:3

People will do these things because they have not known the Father, and they have not known me.

John 16:33

“I told you these things so that you can have peace in me. In this world you will have trouble. But be brave! I have defeated the world!”

John 17:21

Father, I pray that all people that believe in me can be one. You are in me and I am in you. I pray that these people can also be one in us, so that the world will believe that you sent me.

John 17:3

And this is eternal life: that people can know you, the only true God, and that people can know Jesus Christ, the One you sent.

John 8:19

The people asked, “Where is your father?”

2 Corinthians 4:6

God once said, “The light will shine out of the darkness!” And this is the same God who made his light shine in our hearts. He gave us light by letting us know the glory of God that is in the face of Christ.

1 Timothy 5:1

Don’t speak angrily to an older man. But talk to him like he was your father. Treat the younger men like brothers.

Titus 2:6

In the same way, tell the young men to be wise.

1 John 1:1

We tell you now about something that has existed (lived) since before the world began:

1 John 2:1

My dear children, I write this letter to you so that you will not sin. But if any person sins, we have Jesus Christ to help us. He is the righteous (good) One. Jesus defends us before God the Father.

1 John 2:12

I write to you, dear children,\par because your sins are forgiven\par through Christ.\par

1 John 2:14

I write to you, children,\par because you know the Father.\par I write to you, fathers,\par because you know the One who existed (lived) from the beginning.\par I write to you, young people,\par because you are strong;\par the word of God lives in you,\par and you have defeated the Evil One.\par

1 John 3:12

Don’t be like Cain. {\cf2\super [10]} Cain belonged to the Evil One (the devil). Cain killed his brother \{Abel {\cf2\super [11]} \}. But why did Cain kill his brother? Because the things Cain did were evil, and the things his brother \{Abel\} did were good.

1 John 4:4

My dear children, you belong to God. So you have defeated them (the false teachers). Why? Because the One (God) who is in you is greater than the one (the devil) who is in \{the people of\} the world.

1 John 5:18

We know that any person who has been made God’s child does not continue to sin. The Son of God keeps God’s child safe. {\cf2\super [22]} The Evil One (the devil) cannot hurt that person.

1 John 5:20

But, dear friends, use your most holy faith to build yourselves up strong. Pray with the Holy Spirit. {\cf2\super [10]}

Revelation 12:11

Our brothers defeated him by the blood (death) of the Lamb and by the message \{of God\} they told people. They did not love their lives too much. They were not afraid of death.

Revelation 2:7

“Every person that hears these things should listen to what the Spirit {\cf2\super [14]} says to the churches. To the person that wins the victory I will give the right to eat \{the fruit\} from the tree of life. This tree is in the garden of God.