Study it in the app“They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out so that it might be made plain that none of them are of us.”
They went outἐξῆλθανfromἐξus,ἡμῶνbutἀλλ’they were notοὐκ ἦσανofἐξus;ἡμῶνforγὰρifεἰthey had beenἦσανofἐξus,ἡμῶνthey wouldἂνhave remainedμεμενήκεισανwithμεθ’us;ἡμῶνbutἀλλ’they went outso thatἵναit might be made plainφανερωθῶσινthatὅτιnoneοὐκ πάντεςof them areεἰσὶνofἐξus.ἡμῶν
go out
To leave the place where one was and go outside or elsewhere.
Where else “exēlthan” appearsbe
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ēsan” appearsremain
To stay joined to someone: "abide in me".
Where else “memenēkeisan” appearsreveal, make known
Reveal, show, make known.
Where else “phanerōthōsin” appears“None of them are of us”: it can also be understood “not all of them are of us.”
18Children, it is the last hour; and as you heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come; from this we know that it is the last hour.
19 · This verse (above)
20And you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all know.
1. What it says
What does John say about the one who says "I have known him" but does not keep his commandments, and about the one who keeps his word (v. 3-6)?
2. What it means
John says the commandment is both old and new (v. 7-8). How does he explain it?
3. How I live it
John warns about loving the world (v. 15-17). What today competes for your attention against what really matters?
