1 John 2:19
American Standard Version
They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they all are not of us.
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1 John 2:19 in other translations
They went out from us, but they didn’t 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.
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 hour: and as ye heard that antichrist cometh, even now have there arisen many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last hour.
- 19They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they all are not of us.
- 20And ye have an anointing 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 because no lie is of the truth.