1 John 2:19
They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their departure made it clear that none of them belonged to us.
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20You, however, have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know all things.
Cross References
Job 17:9Yet a righteous one holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.
Psalms 41:9Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.
Jeremiah 32:38They will be My people, and I will be their God.
Matthew 24:24For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive even the elect, if that were possible.
Mark 4:16Some are like the seeds sown on rocky ground. They hear the word and at once receive it with joy.
Luke 8:13The seeds on rocky ground are those who hear the word and receive it with joy, but they have no root. They believe for a season, but in the time of testing, 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 →