I write to y’all little children, because y’all know the Father. I have written to y’all fathers, because y’all know ʜɪᴍ who is from the beginning. I have written to y’all, young men, because y’all are strong, and the word of God remains in y’all, and y’all have conquered the evil one.
What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we looked at and touched with our hands, concerning the Word of life—
“All things have been delivered to me by my Father. 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 ʜɪᴍ.”
All things have been handed over to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, nor does anyone know the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son desires to reveal him.
We know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding so that we know ʜɪᴍ who is true. And we are in ʜɪᴍ who is true, in ʜɪꜱ Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
My little children, I write these things to y’all so that y’all may not sin. If anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous one.
For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” is the one who shined in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
Jesus said to him, “Have I been with y’all such a long time, and do you not know me, Philip? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
When anyone hears the word of the empire and doesn’t understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in their heart. This is the seed sown by the roadside.
“It will happen afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; and y’all’s sons and daughters will prophesy. Y’all’s old men will dream dreams. Y’all’s young men will see visions.
Whoever has an ear, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers I will grant to eat from the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God.”