1 John 2:13
13I am writing to you, fathers, that ▼▼ See the note on “that” in v.
12.
you have known him who has been from the beginning. I am writing to you, young people, that ▼▼ See the note on “that” in v.
12.
you have conquered the evil one. ▼▼ The phrase
the evil one is used in
John 17:15 as a reference to Satan. Satan is also the referent here and in the four other occurrences in 1 John (
2:14;
3:12;
5:18,
19).