The person who existed even before time is the *Lord Jesus. He was with God. He was God before the world existed. These whom John calls ‘fathers’ know the *Lord Jesus. All Christians know him and God the Father. But these people whom John calls ‘fathers’ have a deeper knowledge of the *Lord. They are mature Christians who really know the *Lord.

The young people are not as mature in *faith as the fathers. But they know what they believe. They have refused to believe the false teachers. They obey the word of God, and they depend on his power. So they are able to defeat the devil when he tries to make them *sin.

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