Acts 20:30

“Also of your own selves shall men arise, etc.] Not only false teachers from abroad should come and enter among them, but some would spring up out of their own communities, such as had been admitted members of them, and of whom they had hoped well; such were Hymenseus, Philetus, Alexander, Hertoogenes, and Phygellus; speaking perverse things; concerning God, and Christ, and the Gospel; distorted things, wresting the Scriptures to their own destruction, and that of others; things that are disagreeable to the word of God, and pernicious to the souls of men: to draw away disciples after them; to rend away members from the churches, make schisms and divisions, form parties, set themselves at the…”

“Also of your own selves - From your own church; from those who profess to. be Christians. Speaking perverse things - Crooked, perverted, distracting doctrines διεστραμμένα diestrammena. Compare the notes on Acts 13:10. They would proclaim doctrines tending to distract and divide the church. The most dangerous enemies which the church has had have been nurtured in its own bosom, and have consisted of those who have perverted the true doctrines of the gospel. Among the Ephesians, as among the Corinthians 1 Corinthians 1:11-13, there might be parties formed; there might be people influenced by ambition, like Diotrephes 3 John 1:9, or like Phygellus or Hermogenes 2 Timothy 1:15, or like…”

“Yea, from among yourselves men will arise - Such were the Nicolaitans, of whom Christ complains, Rev 2:6; to draw away disciples - From the purity of the Gospel and the unity of the body. Acts 20:31”

“of your: Mat 26:21-25; Ti1 1:19, Ti1 1:20; Ti2 2:17, Ti2 2:18, Ti2 4:3, Ti2 4:4; Pe2 2:1-3; Jo1 2:19; Jo2 1:7; Jde 1:4-16; Rev 2:6 speaking: Pro 19:1, Pro 23:33; Isa 59:3; Ti1 5:13, Ti1 6:5; Pe2 2:18; Jde 1:15, Jde 1:16 to draw: Act 5:36, Act 5:37, Act 21:38; Mat 23:15; Co1 1:12-15; Gal 6:12, Gal 6:13 Acts 20:31”