Note 10 at Ac 20:30: This is an awesome prophecy! Paul was saying that some of these men who were standing before him, whom he had probably helped pick and ordain, would become the very ones Satan would use to bring heresy and division to the church at Ephesus.

It is a wrong concept to think that if an individual is really a man or woman of God, he or she will never appoint anyone to a position of leadership that turns out badly. Even Jesus had one of His twelve disciples sell out to the devil. Biblical as well as secular history is full of examples of people who started out with pure motives but were corrupted after success came their way.

Note 11 at Ac 20:30: Once again we see that pride, or the exalting of self, lies at the root of all division (Pr 13:10). This was what caused the Pharisees to persecute Jesus and the apostles (see note 2 at Ac 4:17 and note 1 at Ac 5:17), and this is what causes strife in the church today.