And when the messengers of John were gone forth [or had gone away], he began to say of John to the people, What went ye out into desert to see? a reed wagged [or waved] with the wind?
that we be not now little children, moving as waves, and be not borne about with each wind of teaching, in the waywardness of men, in subtle wit, to the deceiving of error.
These be wells without water, and mists driven with whirlwinds [or clouds driven with whirling winds], to whom the thick mist of darknesses is reserved.
Therefore ye, brethren, before-witting keep yourselves, lest ye be deceived [or over-led] by error of unwise men, and fall away from your own firmness.