1 John 2:19
They went out from us but they were not of us; if they had been of us they would still be with us: but they went out from us so that it might be made clear that they were not of us.
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20And you have the Spirit from the Holy One and you all have knowledge.
Cross References
Job 17:9Still the upright keeps on his way, and he who has clean hands gets new strength.
Psalms 41:9\41:8\They say, He has an evil disease, which will not let him go: and now that he is down he will not get up again.
Jeremiah 32:38And they will be my people, and I will be their God:
Matthew 24:24For there will come up false Christs, and false prophets, who will do great signs and wonders; so that if possible even the saints might be tricked.
Mark 4:16And in the same way, these are they who are planted on the stones, who, when the word has come to their ears, straight away take it with joy;
Luke 8:13And those on the rock are those who with joy give hearing to the word; but having no root, they have faith for a time, and when the test comes they give up.
Matthew Henry on 1 John 2:19-20
Concerning Antichrist. ( a. d. 80.) 18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time. 19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us. Here is, I. A moral prognostication of the time; the end is coming: Little children, it is the last time, v.… Read the whole commentary →