Acts 20:29
“For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.”
For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.
Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.
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Cross-References
“Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.”
“Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.”
“Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.”
“How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.”
“Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.”