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 continued with us. But they left, that they might be revealed that none of them belong to us.
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In Context
20You have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all have knowledge.
Cross References
Job 17:9Yet shall the righteous hold on his way.He who has clean hands shall grow stronger and stronger.
Psalms 41:9Yes, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted,who ate bread with me,has lifted up his heel against me.
Jeremiah 32:38and they shall be my people, and I will be their God:
Matthew 24:24For there will arise false messiahs, and false prophets, and they will show great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones.
Mark 4:16These are those who are sown on the rocky places, who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with joy.
Luke 8:13Those on the rock are they who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; but these have no root, who believe for a while, then fall away in time of temptation.
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 →