KJV King James Version
For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Acts 20:29
For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock.
WEB World English Bible
For I know that after my departure, vicious wolves will enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
ASV American Standard Version
I know that after my departing grievous wolves shall enter in among you, not sparing the flock;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
for I have known this, that there shall enter in, after my departing, grievous wolves unto you, not sparing the flock,
Surrounding context — Acts 20
26 Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I [am] pure from the blood of all [men].
27 For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
28 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.
29 For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
30 Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.
31 Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.
32 And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ἘγὼG1473 · egōI/weοἶδαG6063 · oidato knowὅτιG3754 · hotithat/since: thatεἰσελεύσονταιG1525 · eiserchomaito enterμετὰG3326 · metawith/afterτὴνG3588 · hothe/this/whoἄφιξίνG867 · aphixisdepartureμουG3165 · memeλύκοιG3074 · lukoswolfβαρεῖςG926 · barusweightyεἰςG1519 · eistowardὑμᾶςG4771 · suyouμὴG3361 · mēnotφειδόμενοιG5339 · pheidomaito spareτοῦG3588 · hothe/this/whoποιμνίου,G4168 · poimnionflock
Cross-references
Matthew 7:15Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.2 Peter 2:1But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.Acts 20:28Take 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.John 10:12But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.Luke 10:3Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.Matthew 10:16Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.Jeremiah 23:1Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD.Zechariah 11:17Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword [shall be] upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.Ezekiel 34:2-3Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto the shepherds; Woe [be] to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks?Jeremiah 13:20Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where [is] the flock [that] was given thee, thy beautiful flock?Zephaniah 3:3Her princes within her [are] roaring lions; her judges [are] evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.
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