| Jesus Christ, John Henderson Thomson - Christian martyrs - 1871 - 720 pages
...'Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheeps' clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves : Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?' And that 34th of Ezekiel, second verse, ' Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds... | |
| Albert Barnes - Bible - 1799 - 416 pages
...readily get the property of the people. They were full of extortion and excess. See Matt, xxiii. 25. 16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles ? The proper test of men's characters is here stated. Men do not judge of a tree by... | |
| 310 pages
...Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheeps' clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles ?' (Matt. vii. 15-16.) Paul warned the elders at Ephesus (bishops really ordained... | |
| Joshua Toulmin - Unitarianism - 1801 - 206 pages
...Beware of false pro" phctSy which come to you in sheep's clothing, but " inwardly are ravening wolves. Ye shall know " them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of " thorns, or figs of thistles ?" fruits mean actions. Matt. iii. 8. xxi. 43. John xv. 2, 5. Col. i. 6. Men may assume... | |
| 1802 - 374 pages
...of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. 1 6 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles ? 1 7 Even so, every good tree bringeth forth good fruit ; but a corrupt tree bringeth... | |
| Thomas Thirlwall - 1803 - 324 pages
...of false prophets, which come to " you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are " ravening wolves Ye shall know them by " their fruits. * Do men gather...a corrupt tree " bringeth forth evil fruit. A good man out of " the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth * that which is good ; and an evil man out... | |
| 1804 - 476 pages
...of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. 16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles ? 17 Even so, every good tree bringeth forth good fruit ; but a corrupt tree bringeth... | |
| Ralph Williston - Hymns, English - 1806 - 436 pages
...BEWARE of false prophets, which come, to yoa in sheeps clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles .' Kvcn so, every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth... | |
| George Campbell - Church history - 1807 - 530 pages
...could be no recovery. On the contrary, the test he gives is plain and familiar. Mark his words :— " Ye shall know them by " their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of " thistles 2 Even so, every good tree bringeth forth good " fruit, but a corrupt tree bringeth... | |
| Episcopal Church - 1808 - 634 pages
...BEWARE of false prophets which come to you in *heeps cloathing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits: Do men gather...thorns, or figs of thistles ? .Even so every good tree bring eth forth good fruit ; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring... | |
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