Charles Spurgeon Commentary 1 John 2:13

"I write unto you, fathers, because ye know him who is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the evil one. I have written unto you, little children, because ye know the Father." — 1 John 2:13 (ASV)

I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one.

In the days of your strength, you have won the victory which no human power can ever win unaided. You have overcome that wicked one who would easily have overcome you if you had been left to fight him by yourselves.

I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father.

That is all that little children need to know at first. They may not know the great mysteries that the fathers have fathomed, they may not well know some things that the young men know, but even babes in Christ know the Father, and rejoice in his love.