1 John 2:19 KJV

1 John · chapter 2 · verse 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.1 John 2:19 · King James Version

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1 John 2:19 in context

17And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

18Little 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.

19They 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.

20But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.

21I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.

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Commentary

Here is, I. A moral prognostication of the time; the end is coming: Little children, it is the last time, Jo1 2:18. Some may suppose that the apostle here addresses the first rank of Christians again;

— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 18-19

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Key words (Strong's)

continuedmenōto remain, abide, in reference to place, to sojourn, tarry, not to depart, to continue to…G3306 →
manifestphaneroōto make manifest or visible or known what has been hidden or unknown, to manifest…G5319 →

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