King James Version (KJV)
1 John 2:19
“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.”
Verse in context — 1 John 2
17
And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
18
Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
19
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.
20
But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.
21
I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.
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