Paul’s Farewell to the Ephesians
Acts 20:30
In 9 translations
- BSB
- Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them.
- KJV
- Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.
- WEB
- Men will arise from among your own selves, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.
- ASV
- and from among your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.
- LSV
- and there will arise men of your own selves, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.
- YLT
- and of your own selves there shall arise men, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.
- DBY
- and from among your own selves shall rise up men speaking perverted things to draw away the disciples after them.
- DRC
- And of your own selves shall arise men speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.
- GNV
- Moreouer of your owne selues shall men arise speaking peruerse thinges, to drawe disciples after them.
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Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read αὐτῶν (“them”); Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ἑαυτῶν (“themselves”).
SBLGNT apparatus (1)
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- SBLGNT: ἑαυτῶν. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles read ἑαυτῶν; Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont read αὐτῶν.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- καὶ ἐξ ὑμῶν αὐτῶν ἀναστήσονται ἄνδρες λαλοῦντες διεστραμμένα τοῦ ἀποσπᾶν τοὺς μαθητὰς ὀπίσω ἑαυτῶν·
- RP2018
- καὶ ἐξ ὑμῶν αὐτῶν ἀναστήσονται ἄνδρες λαλοῦντες διεστραμμένα, τοῦ ἀποσπᾷν τοὺς μαθητὰς ὀπίσω αὐτῶν.
- TR-Boyd
- καὶ ἐξ ὑμῶν αὐτῶν ἀναστήσονται ἄνδρες λαλοῦντες διεστραμμένα, τοῦ ἀποσπᾷν τοὺς μαθητὰς ὀπίσω αὐτῶν.
- SCR1894
- και εξ υμων αυτων αναστησονται ανδρες λαλουντες διεστραμμενα του αποσπαν τους μαθητας οπισω αυτων
Who and where
◆ Paul speaks to Ephesian Elders
People, places and events the Theographic dataset links to this verse.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
MiletusEphesusPaulDiscernings of SpiritsPhilosophyElderDoctrines, FalseRomans, Epistle to theThessalonians, the First Epistle of Paul to thePastoral Epistles
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Cross-references most cited first
- 1 Timothy 1:19–20holding on to faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and thereby shipwrecked their faith. Among them are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan to be taught not to blaspheme.
- 2 Timothy 4:3–4For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires. So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn…
- 1 John 2:19They 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.
- Proverbs 23:33Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will utter perversities.
- Acts 11:26and when he found him, he brought him back to Antioch. So for a full year they met together with the church and taught large numbers of people. The disciples were first called Christians at Antioch.
- Proverbs 19:1Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a fool whose lips are perverse.
- 1 Corinthians 1:12–15What I mean is this: Individuals among you are saying, “I follow Paul,” “I follow Apollos,” “I follow Cephas,” or “I follow Christ.” Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Were you baptized into the name of…
- 2 Peter 2:1–3Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction…
- 2 John 1:7For many deceivers have gone out into the world, refusing to confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist.
- Revelation 2:6But you have this to your credit: You hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
- 1 Timothy 6:5and constant friction between men of depraved mind who are devoid of the truth. These men regard godliness as a means of gain.
- Matthew 23:15Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You traverse land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are.
- Galatians 6:12–13Those who want to make a good impression outwardly are trying to compel you to be circumcised. They only do this to avoid persecution for the cross of Christ. For the circumcised do not even keep the law themselves,…
- 2 Peter 2:18With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from others who live in error.
- 2 Timothy 2:17–18and the talk of such men will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus, who have deviated from the truth. They say that the resurrection has already occurred, and they undermine the faith of some.
- Isaiah 59:3For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters injustice.
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