1 JOHN 2:19 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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.”
They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have abided with us. But they went out, that it might be made plain that they all are not of us — the going out (exerchō) reveals that false teachers were never truly of the community (ex hemōn). Their departure demonstrates the truth of apostolic doctrine: they lacked genuine faith. The crisis separates true from false.
Church Fathers on 1 John 2:19
“Children, it is the last hour.” In this lesson he addresses the children that they may make haste to grow, because “it is the last hour.” Age or stature of the body is not at one's own will. A man does not grow in respect of the flesh when he will, any more than he is born when he will: but where the being born rests with the will, the growth also rests with the will. No man is “born of water and the Spirit,” John 3:5 except he be willing. Consequently if he will, he grows…
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