 | Maurice Ekwugha - Religion - 2008 - 380 pages
...God. 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. 1 John 2:19 Today we see the proliferation of churches in various forms and guises that are not churches... | |
 | Emad Wissa - Humor - 2008
...the ravages of schism and disunity identified by John in his first epistle: "... they went out from us, but they were not of us, for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us" (1 Jn 2:19) They are "fierce wolves . . . [who] have no mercy on the flock . . . with a travesty of... | |
 | Hans Urs Von Balthasar - Religion - 2008 - 106 pages
...he was staying and they stayed with him that day" (Jn 1:39). On the other hand, "They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued [stayed] with us" (1 Jn 2:19). For to stay in this sense means simply "to go on receiving one's true... | |
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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. 
