1 John 2:19
They left us, but they didn't belong with us, for if they did, they would have remained with us. When they left they showed that none of them belonged with us.
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20But you have been anointed with the Holy Spirit's blessing, and all of you know what's true.
Cross References
Job 17:9Those who are right keep going, and those whose hands are clean grow stronger and stronger.
Psalms 41:9Even my best friend, the one I trusted, who shared meals with me—even he has turned against me.
Jeremiah 32:38They will be my people, and I will be their God.
Matthew 24:24For false messiahs will appear, and false prophets too, and they will perform incredible signs and miracles in order to deceive the chosen, if that were possible.
Mark 4:16Likewise the seeds on the rocky ground illustrate those who hear the word, and happily accept it right away.
Luke 8:13The seeds that fall on the stony ground are those who hear and welcome the message with joy but don't have any roots. They trust for a while but when difficult times come 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 →