1 John 2:19
They went out from among us, but they were never truly part of us. If they had been part of us, they would have remained with us. Their leaving happened so that it would be made plain that none of them are part of us.
Treated in 6 passages across the library.
Where it is preached
- The Key Teachings of Charles H. Spurgeon ·
Why Saints Persevere cites 1 JOHN 2:19
…were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us. 1 JOHN 2:19 Spurgeon also took the warnings of Scripture seriously. He did not explain them away. He…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 3, Chapter 24 — Election Confirmed by the Calling of God cites 1 John 2:19
…the words of John, “If they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us,” (1 John 2:19). Hence, also, the magnificent triumph of Paul over life and death, things present, and…
- Real Questions – Book 1 ·
Can I Lose My Salvation? cites 1 John 2:19
…shows their faith was never real: “They went out from us, but they did not belong to us” (1 John 2:19). The Bible’s warnings are among the ways God keeps His people going. Another view: a…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 3, Chapter 3 — Regeneration by Faith cites 1 John 2:19
…John, in his Epistle, declares not to have been of the elect, from whom they went out (1 John 2:19). For he is directing his discourse against those who imagined that they could return to…
- A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections ·
XII. Nothing can be certainly concluded concerning the nature of religious affections, that any are the subjects of, from this, that the outward manifestations of them, and the relation persons give of them, are very affecting and pleasing to the truly godly, and such as greatly gain their charity, cites 1 John 2:19
…fall, one would think a man truly sanctified might fall away, as the Arminians think: 1 John 2:19, They were not of us. I speak this, because the Lord is shaking; and I look for great…
- Old Paths ·
Perseverance cites 1 John ii. 19
…us: but they went out that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.” (1 John ii. 19.) “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on Him that…