I write to you, little children,
Your sins have been forgiven because of his name.
I write to you, mature in the faith,
You have known him *, who is from the beginning.
I write to you, young in the faith,
You have overcome the Evil One.
I wrote to you, little children
You have come to know the Father.
I wrote to you, mature in the faith
You have known him *, who is from the beginning.
I wrote you, young in the faith
You are strong
and the word of God dwells in you
and you have conquered the Evil One.
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*the Son?
Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart;
Naught be all else to me, save that thou art –
Thou my best thought, by day or by night;
Waking or sleeping, thy presence my light.