I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him [that is] from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
Je vous ai écrit, pères, parce que vous avez connu celui qui est dès le commencement. Je vous ai écrit, jeunes gens, parce que vous êtes forts, et que la parole de Dieu demeure en vous, et que vous avez vaincu le malin.
KJV
I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him [that is] from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
me, belongs to the confirmed, who have already come spiritually to the age of virility, according to 1 Jn. 2:14 : "I write unto you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and you have overcome the wicked one." And therefore the character of Confir…
Cyrill of Alexandria
De adoratione et cultu in spiritu et ueritate
ute, weil ihr stark seid, weil das Wort des Herrn in euch bleibt und ihr den Bösewicht besiegt habt (I Joh 2,14+13). Auch auf andere Weise könnten die jungen Leute als Vorausprägung für die Tapferkeit dienen, die Alten für diejenige der Vernunft, für diejenige der geistig verstan…
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