Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

I Am Writing To You Because of What Has Already Happened In Your Life

¹² I am writing to you, little-children^[a], because your sins have been forgiven you for-the-sake-of His name. ¹³ I am writing to you, fathers, because you have known the One from the beginning. I am writing to you, young-men, because you have overcome the evil one.

I Wrote To You Because of Who And What You Already Know

¹⁴ I wrote^[b] to you, children, because you have known the Father. I wrote to you, fathers, because you have known the One from the beginning. I wrote to you, young-men, because you are strong ones, and the word of God is abiding in you, and you have overcome the evil one.

So Don’t Love The World Or Pursue Its Desires. The One Doing God’s Will Abides Forever

¹⁵ Do not be loving the world, nor the things in the world. If anyone is loving the world, the love of the Father is not in him. ¹⁶ Because everything in the world— the desire of ^[c] the flesh, and the desire of the eyes, and the boastful-pride of life^[d]— is not from the Father, but is from the world. ¹⁷ And the world is passing-away, and its desire. But the one doing the will of God abides forever.