1 John 2:19

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.

Went out

They might

Hebrews 10:39

General references

Matthew 25:2

John 10:5

1 Timothy 5:15

Bible References

Went out

Certain base fellows are gone out from the midst of you, and have drawn away the inhabitants of their city, saying, "Let us go and serve other gods," which you have not known;

Yes, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, who ate bread with me, has lifted up his heel against me.

And what was sown on the rocky places, this is he who hears the word, and immediately with joy receives it;

And others fell on the rocky ground, where it had little soil, and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of soil.

Those 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.

Every branch in me that does not bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.

Because we have heard that some who went out from us have troubled you with words, unsettling your souls, to whom we gave no commandment;

Men will arise from among your own selves, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.

For if, after they have escaped the defilement of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in it and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first.

These are they who cause divisions, and are sensual, not having the Spirit.

They might

But it is not as though the word of God has come to nothing. For they are not all Israel, that are of Israel.

Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

For there also must be factions among you, that those who are approved may be revealed among you.

But they will proceed no further. For their folly will be evident to all men, as theirs also came to be.

But we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the saving of the soul.

General references

Five of them were foolish, and five were wise.

They will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him; for they do not know the voice of strangers."

For already some have turned aside after Satan.