²⁹ I know that after I leave, savage wolves^(A) will come in among you and will not spare the flock.^(B)

³⁰ Even from your own number men will arise and distort the truth in order to draw away disciples^(A) after them.

False Teachers and Their Destruction

2 But there were also false prophets^(A) among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you.^(B) They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord^(C) who bought them^(D)—bringing swift destruction on themselves.

² Many will follow their depraved conduct^(A) and will bring the way of truth into disrepute.