Galatians 5:15 But if you bite and devour one another, take heed that you be not consumed one of another. Melancthon mourned in his day the divisions among Christians, and sought to bring them together by the parable of the war between the wolves and the dogs. The wolves were somewhat afraid, for the dogs were many and strong, and therefore they sent out a spy to observe them. On his return the scout said, "It is true the dogs are many, but there are not many mastiffs among them. There are dogs of so many sorts one can hardly count, them; and as for the worst of them," said he, "they are little dogs, which bark loudly, but cannot bite. However, this did not cheer me so much," continued the wolf, "as this, that as they came marching on, I observed they were all snapping right and left at one another, and I could see clearly that though they all hate the wolf, yet each dog hates every other dog with all his heart." Is not this still true — that many professed Christians snap right and left at their own brethren, when they had better save their teeth for the wolves? Parallel Verses KJV: But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.WEB: But if you bite and devour one another, be careful that you don't consume one another. |
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