1 John 2:19
They went out from vs, but they were not of vs: for if they had bene of vs, they should haue continued with vs. But this cometh to passe, that it might appeare, that they are not all of vs.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
20But ye haue an ointment from that Holy one, and know all things.
Cross References
Job 17:9But the righteous wil holde his way, and he whose hands are pure, shall increase his strength.
Psalms 41:9Yea, my familiar friend, whom I trusted, which did eate of my bread, hath lifted vp the heele against me.
Jeremiah 32:38And they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
Matthew 24:24For there shall arise false Christes, and false prophets, and shall shewe great signes and wonders, so that if it were possible, they should deceiue the very elect.
Mark 4:16And likewise they that receiue the seede in stony ground, are they, which whe they haue heard the word, straightwayes receiue it with gladnesse.
Luke 8:13But they that are on the stones, are they which when they haue heard, receiue ye word with ioy: but they haue no rootes: which for a while beleeue, but in the time of tentation goe 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 →