1 John 2:19
They went out from among us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have surely remained with us, but that they might be made manifest that none are of us.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
20And *ye* have [the] unction from the holy [one], and ye know all things.
Cross References
Job 17:9But the righteous shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall increase in strength.
Psalms 41:9Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I confided, who did eat of my bread, hath lifted up [his] heel against me.
Jeremiah 32:38And they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
Matthew 24:24For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall give great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even the elect.
Mark 4:16And these are they in like manner who are sown upon the rocky places, who when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy,
Luke 8:13But those upon the rock, those who when they hear receive the word with joy; and these have no root, who believe for a time, and in time of trial fall away.
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 →