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Acts 20:30

Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them.

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ASV

and from among your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.

KJV

Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
καὶkaiandG2532 →
ἐξexout fromG1537 →
ὑμῶνhumōnyour ownG4771 →
αὐτῶνautōnselvesG846 →
ἀναστήσονταιanastēsontaiwill rise upG450 →
ἄνδρεςandresmenG435 →
λαλοῦντεςlalountesspeakingG2980 →
διεστραμμέναdiestrammenaperverted [things]G1294 →
τοῦtousuch thatG3588 →
ἀποσπᾶνapospanto draw awayG645 →
τοὺςtous<the>G3588 →
μαθητὰςmathētasdisciplesG3101 →
ὀπίσωopisōafterG3694 →
αὐτῶν.autōnthem.G846 →

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Hebrews 13:9Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace and not by foods of no value to those devoted to them.1 Corinthians 11:19And indeed, there must be differences among you to show which of you are approved.1 Timothy 4:2influenced by the hypocrisy of liars, whose consciences are seared with a hot iron.2 Corinthians 11:13For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.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.1 Timothy 1:19–20holding on to faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and thereby shipwrecked their faith.James 3:6The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.Proverbs 23:33Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will utter perversities.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.Matthew 24:11and many false prophets will arise and mislead many.Matthew 13:47Once again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea and caught all kinds of fish.1 Corinthians 3:12If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw,Galatians 2:4This issue arose because some false brothers had come in under false pretenses to spy on our freedom in Christ Jesus, in order to enslave us.Proverbs 19:1Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a fool whose lips are perverse.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 6:12A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth,2 Chronicles 26:5He sought God throughout the days of Zechariah, who instructed him in the fear of God. And as long as he sought the LORD, God gave him success.Acts 13:10and said, “O child of the devil and enemy of all righteousness, you are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery! Will you never stop perverting the straight ways of the Lord?

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