1 John 2:19

The false teachers left the church because they never truly belonged. Departure exposed their lack of genuine faith.

Cross-references · 29

• Acts 20:30Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them.
• 1 Cor 11:19And indeed, there must be differences among you to show which of you are approved.
• Jude 1:19These are the ones who cause divisions, who are worldly and devoid of the Spirit.
• Luke 8:13The seeds on rocky ground are those who hear the word and receive it with joy, but they have no root. They believe for a season, but in the time of testing, they fall away.
• 2 Pet 2:20–21If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse than it was at first.
• Matt 13:20–21The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the word and at once receives it with joy.
• 2 Tim 2:19Nevertheless, God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord must turn away from iniquity.”
• John 6:37–39Everyone the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will never drive away.
• Matt 24:24For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders that would deceive even the elect, if that were possible.
• Deut 13:13that wicked men have arisen from among you and have led the people of their city astray, saying, “Let us go and serve other gods” (which you have not known),
• Acts 15:24It has come to our attention that some went out from us without our authorization and unsettled you, troubling your minds by what they said.
• John 10:28–30I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.
• Mark 13:22For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and wonders that would deceive even the elect, if that were possible.
• Job 17:9Yet a righteous one holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.
• Mark 4:5–6Some fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly because the soil was shallow.
• Jer 32:38–40They will be My people, and I will be their God.
• Heb 10:39But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.
• 2 Tim 2:10For this reason I endure all things for the sake of the elect, so that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.
• Ps 37:28For the LORD loves justice and will not forsake His saints. They are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off.
• 1 Pet 1:2–5according to the foreknowledge of God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by His blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance.
• Rom 9:6It is not as though God’s word has failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel.
• Ps 125:1–2A song of ascents. Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion. It cannot be moved; it abides forever.
• John 4:14But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”
• Rom 11:5–6In the same way, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace.
• Jude 1:1Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James, To those who are called, loved by God the Father, and kept in Jesus Christ:
• Ps 41:9Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.
• John 15:2He cuts off every branch in Me that bears no fruit, and every branch that does bear fruit, He prunes to make it even more fruitful.
• 2 Tim 3:9But they will not advance much further. For just like Jannes and Jambres, their folly will be plain to everyone.
• Mark 4:16–17Some are like the seeds sown on rocky ground. They hear the word and at once receive it with joy.

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