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From us (ex hēmōn) - of us (ex hēmōn). The same idiom, ex and the ablative case (hēmōn), but in different senses to correspond with exēlthan (they went out from our membership) and ouk ēsan (they were not of us in spirit and life). For ex in the sense of origin see Joh 17:15, for ex in the sense of likeness, Joh 17:14.
For if they had been of us (ei gar ex hēmōn ēsan). Condition of second class with ei and imperfect tense (no aorist for eimi).
They would have continued (memenēkeisan an). Past perfect of menō, to remain, without augment, with an in apodosis of second-class condition.
With us (meth' hēmōn). In fellowship, for which see meta in 1Jo 1:3. They had lost the inner fellowship and then apparently voluntarily broke the outward.
But they went (all'). Ellipsis of the verb exēlthan above, a common habit (ellipse) in John s Gospel (Joh 1:8; Joh 9:3; Joh 13:18; Joh 15:25).
That they might be made manifest (hina phanerōthōsin). Purpose clause with hina and the first aorist passive subjunctive of phaneroō, for which verb see Joh 21:1; Col 3:4. See 2Co 3:3 for the personal construction with hoti as here.
They all are not (ouk eisin pantes). Not just some, but all, as in 1Jo 2:21; 1Jo 3:5. These antichrists are thus revealed in their true light.