1 John 2:13

New Century Version

I write to you, fathers, because you know the One who existed from the beginning. I write to you, young people, because you have defeated the Evil One.

Cross References

Psalm 148:12

young men and women, old people and children.

Psalm 90:2

Before the mountains were born and before you created the earth and the world, you are God. You have always been, and you will always be.

Psalm 91:14

The Lord says, “Whoever loves me, I will save. I will protect those who know me.

Proverbs 20:29

The young glory in their strength, and the old are honored for their gray hair.

Joel 2:28

“After this, I will pour out my Spirit on all kinds of people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, and your young men will see visions.

Zechariah 9:17

They will be so pretty and beautiful. The young men will grow strong on the grain and the young women on new wine.

Matthew 11:27

“My Father has given me all things. No one knows the Son, except the Father. And no one knows the Father, except the Son and those whom the Son chooses to tell.

Matthew 13:19

What is the seed that fell by the road? That seed is like the person who hears the message about the kingdom but does not understand it. The Evil One comes and takes away what was planted in that person’s heart.

Matthew 13:38

The field is the world, and the good seed are all of God’s children who belong to the kingdom. The weeds are those people who belong to the Evil One.

Matthew 5:37

Say only yes if you mean yes, and no if you mean no. If you say more than yes or no, it is from the Evil One.

Luke 10:22

“My Father has given me all things. No one knows who the Son is, except the Father. And no one knows who the Father is, except the Son and those whom the Son chooses to tell.”

John 14:7

If you really knew me, you would know my Father, too. But now you do know him, and you have seen him.”

John 14:9

Jesus answered, “I have been with you a long time now. Do you still not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. So why do you say, ‘Show us the Father’?

John 16:3

They will do this 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 they can be one. As you are in me and I am in you, I pray that they can also be one in us. Then the world will believe that you sent me.

John 17:3

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

John 8:19

They asked, “Where is your father?” Jesus answered, “You don’t know me or my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father, too.”

2 Corinthians 4:6

God once said, “Let the light shine out of the darkness!” This is the same God who made his light shine in our hearts by letting us know the glory of God that is in the face of Christ.

1 Timothy 5:1

Do not speak angrily to an older man, but plead with him as if he were your father. Treat younger men like brothers,

Titus 2:6

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

1 John 1:1

We write you now about what has always existed, which we have heard, we have seen with our own eyes, we have looked at, and we have touched with our hands. We write to you about the Word that gives life.

1 John 2:1

My dear children, I write this letter to you so you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have a helper in the presence of the Father—Jesus Christ, the One who does what is right.

1 John 2:12

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

1 John 2:14

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

1 John 3:12

Do not be like Cain who belonged to the Evil One and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because the things Cain did were evil, and the things his brother did were good.

1 John 4:4

My dear children, you belong to God and have defeated them; because God’s Spirit, who is in you, is greater than the devil, who is in the world.

1 John 5:18

We know that those who are God’s children do not continue to sin. The Son of God keeps them safe, and the Evil One cannot touch them.

1 John 5:20

We also know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we can know the True One. And our lives are in the True One and in his Son, Jesus Christ. He is the true God and the eternal life.

Revelation 12:11

And our brothers and sisters defeated him by the blood of the Lamb’s death and by the message they preached. They did not love their lives so much that they were afraid of death.

Revelation 2:7

“Every person who has ears should listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. To those who win the victory I will give the right to eat the fruit from the tree of life, which is in the garden of God.