 | 1823 - 442 pages
...as well as the grounds of them. 1 John 2 — 19. Speaking of antichrist he says, 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. Those that were with the apostles gave scriptural evidence of faith in Christ. Separation from such... | |
 | Eliphalet Wheeler Gilbert - 1823 - 30 pages
...had been Christians, they -аяяЛаЪсте re, mained so, and would have never fallen. "For, if they had been of us, they would, no doubt, have continued with us." Observe, my Brethren, how positively he denies of apostates that they ever were Christians; and with... | |
 | Thom Scott - 1824 - 896 pages
...are broken off" were " unfruitful." " They went out from us, because they were not " of us ; for, if they had been of us, they would " no doubt have continued with us." " There must " be heresies, that they who are approved may be " made manifest." It appears also to... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - 1823 - 578 pages
...Whatever is said concerning the apostacy of any Christian professors is decisively explained by St. John. They went out from us, but they were not of us : for, if they had been of us, they would have continued with us. REMARKS. 1 st. The faithfulness of God is... | |
 | John Locke - 1824 - 522 pages
...commandment delivered unto them.— 2 Pet. ii. 20, 21. iii. 17, 18. Matt. xii. 43 — 45. They went out from us, but they were not of us : for if they had been of us, they would, no doubt, &c. Let that therefore abide in you which ye have heard from the beginning: jf that shall remain in... | |
 | John Locke - 1824 - 530 pages
...commandment delivered unto them. — 2 Pet. ii. 20, 21. iii. 17, 18. Matt. xii. 43 — 45. They went out from us, but they were not of us : for if they had been of us, they would, no doubt, &c. Let that therefore abide in you which ye have heard from the beginning: if that shall remain in... | |
 | Andrew Fuller - 1824 - 458 pages
...of temptation, we fall away, it is because we have no root in ourselves. If, says the Apostle John, they had been of us. they would no doubt have continued with us : but they Kent out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us. Even our partial departures... | |
 | Edward Bickersteth - 1824 - 318 pages
...humble; but the Apostle assures us on this head, they went out from us, but they were not of ws, f»r if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us. 1 John ii, 19, True it is, the sincere servant of God may fall into sin, in which case his transgressions... | |
 | Samuel Stennett - 1824 - 506 pages
...Christians, when they really were not such, falls in clearly with the point we have been establishing, ' If they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us b.' " If with us they had entered into the spirit of the gospel, and felt the inward power of it upon... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - 1824 - 528 pages
...Whatever is said concerning the apostasy of any Christian professors is decisively explained by St. John. ' They went out from us, but they were not of us : for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us.' REMARKS. 1. The faithfulness of God is... | |
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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 tiiey went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us. 
