John 10:5

5 And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.

Ver. 5. A stranger will they not follow ] For they have senses exercised to discern good and evil, Hebrews 5:14 ; "yea, they have a spirit of discerning," 1 Corinthians 12:10 ; "the mind of Christ," 1 Corinthians 2:16 ; and though simple to evil, yet are wise in that which is good. They are sheep, but rational; their service a reasonable service, Romans 12:1 ; their obedience the obedience of faith, Romans 16:26 ; they try before they trust, they look before they leap, and so grow to such a certainty in that truth they hold, such a plerophory of knowledge, Colossians 2:3 ; that it is impossible for them to be fully or finally deceived, Matthew 24:24 . False and heterodox doctrines they hate, Psalms 119:104 ; and all such impostors as seek to buzz doubts into their heads, Romans 16:17 .