young men stepped aside as soon as they saw me, and old men stood up to show me respect.

young women and young men, old people and children too.

Young people, enjoy your youth. Be happy while you are still young. Do what you want to do, and follow your heart's desire. But remember that God is going to judge you for whatever you do.

So remember your Creator while you are still young, before those dismal days and years come when you will say, "I don't enjoy life."

"Afterward I will pour out my Spirit on everyone: your sons and daughters will proclaim my message; your old people will have dreams, and your young people will see visions.

In the same way you younger people must submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you must put on the apron of humility, to serve one another; for the scripture says, "God resists the proud, but shows favor to the humble."

I write to you, fathers, because you know him who has existed from the beginning. I write to you, young people, because you have defeated the Evil One.