MLV(i)
13 I am writing to you, fathers, because you have known the one who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young-men, because you have overcome the evil one. I am writing to you, children, because you have known the Father.
14 I wrote to you, fathers, because you have known the one who is from the beginning. I wrote to you, young-men, because you are strong and the word of God is abiding in you and you have overcome the evil one.
15 Do not love the world, nor the things which are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 Because all the things which are in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the self-importance of life, are not from the Father, but are from the world. 17 And the world is passing away and its lust, but he who is practicing the will of God abides forever.
15 Do not love the world, nor the things which are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 Because all the things which are in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the self-importance of life, are not from the Father, but are from the world. 17 And the world is passing away and its lust, but he who is practicing the will of God abides forever.