2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00
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# They went out from us
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"They left us"
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# but they were not from us
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2023-07-05 16:46:03 +00:00
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"but they did not really belong to us anyway" or "but they were not really part of our group in the first place."
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2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00
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# For if they had been from us they would have remained with us
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"We know this because they would not have left us if they really had been believers"
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