Translations
They went out from among us, but they were never truly of us. For if they had been of us, they would have remained with us—but they left so it would become plain that none of them truly belonged to us.
They went out from us, but they were not of us. For had they been of us, they would have remained with us—but they went out so that it might be revealed that they were not all of us.
They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their departure made it clear that none of them belonged to us.

