I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, little children, because you know the Father.
"In all the main Johannine writings-Gospel (John 16:33), First Epistle (1 John 4:4; 1 John 5:4-5) and Revelation (Revelation 2:7; Revelation 2:11; Revelation 2:17; Revelation 2:26; Revelation 3:5; Revelation 3:12; Revelation 3:21; Revelation 5:5; Revelation 12:11; Revelation 15:2; Revelation 21:7) alike-the theme of overcoming is present, and in all it is through Christ, the supreme Overcomer, that His people overcome." [Note: Bruce, p. 59.] 