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Theorem elex

Description: If a class is a member of another class, then it is a set. Theorem 6.12 of Quine p. 44. (Contributed by NM, 26-May-1993) (Proof shortened by Andrew Salmon, 8-Jun-2011) (Proof shortened by Wolf Lammen, 28-May-2025)

		Ref	Expression
	Assertion	elex	$⊢ A \in B \to A \in V$

Proof

Step	Hyp	Ref	Expression
1		elissetv	$⊢ A \in B \to \exists x x = A$
2		isset	$⊢ A \in V \leftrightarrow \exists x x = A$
3	1 2	sylibr	$⊢ A \in B \to A \in V$