Note 10 at Acts 20:30: This is an awesome prophecy! Paul is saying that some of these very men who were standing before him and who he had probably helped pick and ordain would become the very ones that 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, they will never appoint anyone to a position of leadership that turns out bad. 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 Acts 20:30: Once again we see that pride, or the exalting of self lies at the bottom of all division (Pro. 13:10). This is what caused the Pharisees to persecute Jesus and the apostles (see notes 2 at Acts 4:17, p. 590 and note 1 at Acts 5:17, p. 597) and this is what causes strife in the church today.