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Title: They Went Out From Us But Were Not of Us
The text is, “ἐξ ἡμῶν ἐξῆλθαν ἀλλ’ οὐκ ἦσαν ἐξ ἡμῶν εἰ γὰρ ἐξ ἡμῶν ἦσαν μεμενήκεισαν ἂν μεθ’ ἡμῶν ἀλλ’ ἵνα φανερωθῶσιν ὅτι οὐκ εἰσὶν πάντες ἐξ ἡμῶν”.
ἐξ -> preposition taking the genitive for its object word -> from
ἡμῶν -> first person, personal, plural, genitive pronoun -> us
ἐξῆλθαν -> third person, plural, aorist, active, indicative verb -> they went out
ἀλλ’ -> coordinating adversative conjunction -> but
οὐκ -> negative particle -> not
ἦσαν -> third person, plural, imperfect, indicative verb -> were
ἐξ -> preposition taking the genitive for its object word -> of
ἡμῶν -> first person, personal, plural, genitive pronoun -> us
εἰ -> subordinating conditional conjunction -> if
γὰρ -> coordinating explanatory conjunction -> for
ἐξ -> preposition taking the genitive for its object word -> of
ἡμῶν -> first person, personal, plural, genitive pronoun -> us
ἦσαν -> third person, plural, imperfect, indicative verb -> they had been
μεμενήκεισαν -> third person, plural, pluperfect, active, indicative verb -> they had continued
ἂν -> particle -> ever
μεθ’ -> preposition taking the genitive for its object word -> with
ἡμῶν -> first person, personal, plural, genitive pronoun -> us
ἀλλ’ -> coordinating adversative conjunction -> but
ἵνα -> subordinating purposive conjunction -> that
φανερωθῶσιν -> third person, plural, aorist, passive, subjunctive verb -> they might have been made known
ὅτι -> subordinating complementary conjunction -> that
οὐκ -> negative particle -> not
εἰσὶν -> third person, plural, present, indicative verb -> they are
πάντες -> masculine, plural, nominative adjective -> all
ἐξ -> preposition taking the genitive for its object word -> of
ἡμῶν -> first person, personal, plural, genitive pronoun -> us
The meaning of this verse is,
They went out from us, but were not of us, for if they had been of us they had continued ever with us, but that they might have been made known that they are not all of us.
ἐξ ἡμῶν ἐξῆλθαν ἀλλ’ οὐκ ἦσαν ἐξ ἡμῶν (1 John 2:19) by Dennis Glover is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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