Verse 7
For many deceivers, etc. - Of these he had spoken before, see 1 John 4:1 , etc. And these appear to have been Gnostics, for they denied that Jesus was come in the flesh. And this doctrine, so essential to salvation, none could deny but a deceiver and an antichrist. Instead of εισηλθον are entered in, many excellent MSS. and versions have εξηλθον , are gone out. The sense is nearly the same.
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