19They 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.
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Matthew Henry
(vv. 18-19)Here is, I. A moral prognostication of the time; the end is coming: Little children, it is the last time , 1 John 2:18. Some may suppose that the apostle here addresses the first rank of Christians again; the juniors are most apt to be seduced, and therefore, “ Little children , you that are young in religion, take heed to yourselves that you be not corrupted.” But it may be, as elsewhere, a unive...
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