Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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.
General references
Bible References
Went out
Matthew 13:20
"This is the seed sown by the wayside. And the word, and at once receives it with joy.
Mark 4:5
some other seed fell on stony soil, where it had not much earth; and it sprang up quickly because it had no depth of soil,
Luke 8:13
"Those on the rock are people who, upon hearing, receive the word with joy; but they have no root. For a time indeed they all believe, but in time of temptation they fall away.
John 15:2
"He cuts back any of my branches that bear no fruit, and prunes every fruit-bearing branch, that it may bear more.
Acts 15:24
"as we have heard that some of your number who went out from us have troubled you with words and upset your souls, without having received any such instruction from us;
Acts 20:30
and that from among your own number, men will arise, perverting the truth, to draw away the disciples after them.
2 Peter 2:20
For if, after having escaped the pollutions of the world, through the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, men are again entangled in them and overpowered, their last state is become worse than their first.
Jude 1:19
These are the men, sensual and unspiritual, who cause divisions.
They might
Romans 9:6
It is not, however, as though God's word had failed! For they are not all Israel who have sprung from Israel;
Romans 11:5
In the same way also at this time there is a remnant chosen by gift of grace.
1 Corinthians 11:19
For there must needs be also parties among you, in order that the good may be tested and made known.
2 Timothy 3:9
But they will not get on; for their folly will be made as openly manifest to all as was that of Jannes and Jambres.
Hebrews 10:39
"But we are not of defections unto perdition, but of faith unto the gaining of the soul."
General references
Matthew 25:2
And five of them were foolish, and five were wise.
John 10:5
"But a stranger they will not follow, but flee from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers."
1 Timothy 5:15
For already some widows have gone astray after Satan.