13 I am writing to you, fathers,
because you have come to know
the one who is from the beginning.(A)
I am writing to you, young men,
because you have conquered the evil one.(B)
14 I have written to you, children,
because you have come to know the Father.
I have written to you, fathers,
because you have come to know
the one who is from the beginning.
I have written to you, young men,
because you are strong,
God’s word(C) remains in you,
and you have conquered the evil one.

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13 I am writing to you, fathers,
    because you know him who is from the beginning.(A)
I am writing to you, young men,
    because you have overcome(B) the evil one.(C)

14 I write to you, dear children,(D)
    because you know the Father.
I write to you, fathers,
    because you know him who is from the beginning.(E)
I write to you, young men,
    because you are strong,(F)
    and the word of God(G) lives in you,(H)
    and you have overcome the evil one.(I)

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You are from God, little children, and you have conquered them, because the one who is in you(A) is greater than the one who is in the world.(B)

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You, dear children,(A) are from God and have overcome them,(B) because the one who is in you(C) is greater than the one who is in the world.(D)

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because everyone who has been born of God conquers the world. This is the victory that has conquered the world: our faith.

The Certainty of God’s Testimony

Who is the one who conquers the world(A) but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?(B)

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for everyone born of God(A) overcomes(B) the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.(C)

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“Let anyone who has ears to hear listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers, I will give(A) the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in[a] the paradise of God.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 2:7 Other mss read in the midst of

Whoever has ears, let them hear(A) what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious,(B) I will give the right to eat from the tree of life,(C) which is in the paradise(D) of God.

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11 “Let anyone who has ears to hear listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who conquers will never be harmed by the second death.(A)

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11 Whoever has ears, let them hear(A) what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who is victorious will not be hurt at all by the second death.(B)

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17 “Let anyone who has ears to hear listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers, I will give some of the hidden manna.[a](A) I will also give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name(B) is inscribed that no one knows except the one who receives it.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:17 Other mss add to eat

17 Whoever has ears, let them hear(A) what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious,(B) I will give some of the hidden manna.(C) I will also give that person a white stone with a new name(D) written on it, known only to the one who receives it.(E)

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26 The one who conquers and who keeps my works to the end: I will give him authority over the nations—

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26 To the one who is victorious(A) and does my will to the end,(B) I will give authority over the nations(C)

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12 “The one who conquers I will make a pillar(A) in the temple of my God, and he will never go out again. I will write on him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God—the new Jerusalem,(B) which comes down out of heaven from my God—and my new name.(C)

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12 The one who is victorious(A) I will make a pillar(B) in the temple of my God. Never again will they leave it. I will write on them the name of my God(C) and the name of the city of my God,(D) the new Jerusalem,(E) which is coming down out of heaven from my God; and I will also write on them my new name.

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21 “To the one who conquers I will give the right to sit with me on my throne,(A) just as I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne.

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21 To the one who is victorious,(A) I will give the right to sit with me on my throne,(B) just as I was victorious(C) and sat down with my Father on his throne.

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