1 John 2:19

New International Reader's Version

These enemies left our community of believers. They didn’t really belong to us. If they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But by leaving they showed that none of them belonged to us.

Cross References

Job 17:9

But godly people will keep doing what is right. Those who have clean hands will grow stronger.

Psalm 37:28

The Lord loves those who are honest. He will not desert those who are faithful to him. Those who do wrong will be completely destroyed. The children of sinners will die.

Psalm 41:9

Even my close friend, someone I trusted, has failed me. I even shared my bread with him.

Matthew 24:24

False messiahs and false prophets will appear. They will do great signs and miracles. They will try to fool God’s chosen people if possible.

Mark 13:22

False messiahs and false prophets will appear. They will do signs and miracles. They will try to fool God’s chosen people if possible.

Luke 8:13

The seed on rocky ground stands for those who hear the message and receive it with joy. But they have no roots. They believe for a while. But when they are tested, they fall away from the faith.

John 15:2

He cuts off every branch joined to me that does not bear fruit. He trims every branch that does bear fruit. Then it will bear even more fruit.

John 4:14

But anyone who drinks the water I give them will never be thirsty. In fact, the water I give them will become a spring of water in them. It will flow up into eternal life.”

Acts 15:24

We have heard that some of our people came to you and caused trouble. You were upset by what they said. But we had given them no authority to go.

Acts 20:30

Even men from your own people will rise up and twist the truth. They want to get the believers to follow them.

Romans 9:6

I do not mean that God’s word has failed. Not everyone in the family line of Israel really belongs to Israel.

1 Corinthians 11:19

Do you really think you need to take sides? You probably think God favors one side over the other!

Deuteronomy 13:13

You hear that people who cause trouble have appeared among you. They’ve tried to get the people of their town to do something wrong. They’ve said, “Let’s go and worship other gods.” But you haven’t known anything about those gods before.

2 Timothy 2:10

So I put up with everything for the good of God’s chosen people. Then they also can be saved. Christ Jesus saves them. He gives them glory that will last forever.

2 Timothy 2:19

But God’s solid foundation stands firm. Here is the message written on it. “The Lord knows who his own people are.” (Numbers 16:5) Also, “All who say they believe in the Lord must turn away from evil.”

2 Timothy 3:9

They won’t get very far. Just like Jannes and Jambres, their foolish ways will be clear to everyone.

Hebrews 10:39

But we don’t belong to the people who pull back and are destroyed. We belong to the people who believe and are saved.

2 John 1:7

I say this because many people have tried to fool others. These people have gone out into the world. They don’t agree that Jesus Christ came in a human body. People like this try to trick others. These people are like the great enemy of Christ.

Jude 1:1

I, Jude, am writing this letter. I serve Jesus Christ. I am a brother of James. I am sending this letter to you who have been chosen by God. You are loved by God the Father. You are kept safe for Jesus Christ.

Jude 1:19

They are the people who separate you from one another. They do only what comes naturally. They are not led by the Holy Spirit.