摘要:

約一2
19. 他們從我們中間出去，卻不是屬我們的。若是屬我們的，就必仍舊與我們同在。他們出去，顯明都不是屬我們的。 19. They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us; but their going showed that none of them belonged to us.
   

這裡約翰定義的真信徒必須是忍耐持守信的人，卻不等於說以前一定就是假信徒或名義信徒! 

那些離開教會(我們)的人

1。以前是假信徒或名義信徒的可能性不排除，

2。但也排除不了以前確實信主被耶穌救贖的信徒也可能包括在敵基督之列，如彼得所說的假師傅。