²⁵ but while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds^[a] among the wheat and went away.

^8 (A)Be sober-minded; ^(B)be watchful. Your ^(C)adversary the devil ^(D)prowls around ^(E)like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

³⁰ and ^(A)from among your own selves will arise men speaking twisted things, to draw away the disciples after them. ³¹ Therefore ^(B)be alert, remembering that ^(C)for three years I did not cease night or day ^(D)to admonish every one ^(E)with tears.

False Prophets and Teachers

2 But ^(A)false prophets also arose among the people, ^(B)just as there will be false teachers among you, who will ^(C)secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master ^(D)who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.

⁵ As the bridegroom ^(A)was delayed, they all became drowsy and slept.

⁹ And ^(A)the great dragon was thrown down, ^(B)that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, ^(C)the deceiver of the whole world—^(D)he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

¹⁵ See to it that no one ^(A)fails to obtain the grace of God; that no ^(B)“root of bitterness” springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled;

³⁹ and the enemy who sowed them is the devil. ^(A)The harvest is ^(B)the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.

²⁰ But I have this against you, that you tolerate that woman ^(A)Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and is teaching and seducing my servants ^(B)to practice sexual immorality and ^(C)to eat food sacrificed to idols.