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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 word of God lives in you,
    and you have defeated the Evil One.

15 Don’t love this evil world or the things in it. If you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you. 16 This is all there is in the world: wanting to please our sinful selves, wanting the sinful things we see, and being too proud of what we have. But none of these comes from the Father. They come from the world.

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