1 John 2:19

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἐξ ἡμῶν ἐξῆλθον, ἀλλʼ οὐκ ἦσαν ἐξ ἡμῶν· εἰ γὰρ ἦσαν ἐξ ἡμῶν, μεμενήκεισαν ἂν μεθʼ ἡμῶν: ἀλλʼ, ἵνα φανερωθῶσιν ὅτι οὐκ εἰσὶν πάντες ἐξ ἡμῶν.

Transliteration

From us they exēlthon, all' not they ēsan from us; if gar they ēsan from us, they would have memenēkeisan an meth' us: all', hina they might be phanerōthōsin that not they eisin all from us.

Grammar Details

• *exēlthon*: aorist, indicative, active, 3rd person plural - they went out
• *all'*: contraction of *alla* - but/rather
• *ēsan*: imperfect, indicative, active, 3rd person plural - they were
• *gar*: postpositive conjunction - for/because
• *memenēkeisan*: pluperfect, indicative, active, 3rd person plural - they had remained
• *an*: particle indicating contingency
• *meth'*: contraction of *meta* - with
• *hina*: subordinating conjunction introducing purpose - so that/in order that
• *phanerōthōsin*: aorist, subjunctive, passive, 3rd person plural - they might be revealed/made manifest
• *eisin*: present, indicative, active, 3rd person plural - they are

Word Meanings

• *exēlthon*: went out/departed/left
• *ēsan*: were/existed/belonged
• *memenēkeisan an*: would have remained/would have continued/would have stayed
• *phanerōthōsin*: might be revealed/made manifest/shown openly/made clear
• *eisin*: are/exist/belong

Referenced Verses

• 1 Cor 11:19 : 19 For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you.
• Acts 20:30 : 30 Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.
• Deut 13:13 : 13 Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known;
• Job 17:9 : 9 The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
• Ps 37:28 : 28 For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh{H8799)} not his saints; they are preserved{H8738)} for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off{H8738)}.
• Ps 41:9 : 9 Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted{H8804)}, which did eat{H8802)} of my bread, hath lifted up{H8689)} his heel against me.
• Ps 125:1-2 : 1 A Song of degrees. They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever. 2 As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.
• Jer 32:38-40 : 38 And they shall be my people, and I will be their God: 39 And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them: 40 And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.
• Matt 13:20-21 : 20 But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it; 21 Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.
• Matt 24:24 : 24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
• Mark 4:5-6 : 5 And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth: 6 But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
• Mark 4:16-17 : 16 And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness; 17 And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended.
• Mark 13:22 : 22 For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.
• Luke 8:13 : 13 {G1161} They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.
• John 4:14 : 14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
• John 6:37-39 : 37 All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. 38 For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me. 39 And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.
• 2 Tim 2:10 : 10 Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
• 2 Tim 2:19 : 19 Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
• 2 Tim 3:9 : 9 But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was.
• Heb 10:39 : 39 But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
• 1 Pet 1:2-5 : 2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied. 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, 5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
• 2 Pet 2:20-21 : 20 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. 21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
• Jude 1:1 : 1 Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called:
• Jude 1:19 : 19 These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.
• Rom 9:6 : 6 Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:
• Rom 11:5-6 : 5 Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace. 6 And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.
• John 15:2 : 2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
• Acts 15:24 : 24 Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment:
• John 10:28-30 : 28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. 29 My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. 30 I and my Father are one.