1 John 2:19
They went out from us, but they were not of us. For if they had been of us, they would no doubt have remained with us; but that they may be manifest, that they are not all of us.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
20But you have the unction from the Holy One, and know all things.
Cross References
Job 17:9And the just man shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
Psalms 41:9They determined against me an unjust word : shall he that sleepeth rise again no more?
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 show great signs and wonders, insomuch as to deceive (if possible) even the elect.
Mark 4:16And these likewise are they that are sown on the stony ground: who when they have heard the word, immediately recieve it with joy.
Luke 8:13Now they upon the rock, are they who when they hear, receive the word with joy: and these have no roots; for they believe for a while, and in time of temptation, they 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 →