¹⁴ I write to you, dear children,^(A)
    because you know the Father.
I write to you, fathers,
    because you know him who is from the beginning.^(B)
I write to you, young men,
    because you are strong,^(C)
    and the word of God^(D) lives in you,^(E)
    and you have overcome the evil one.^(F)

¹¹ They triumphed over^(A) him
    by the blood of the Lamb^(B)
    and by the word of their testimony;^(C)
they did not love their lives so much
    as to shrink from death.^(D)