{If ye bite and devour one another} (ei all(886c)ous daknete
kai katesthiete). Condition of first class assumed as true. Two
common and old verbs often used together of wild animals, or like
cats and dogs. {That ye be not consumed one of another} (m(8820)hup'
all(886c)(936e) anal(9374)h(8874)e). Negative final clause with first aorist
passive subjunctive of analisk(935c), old word to consume or spend.
In N.T. only here and  Lu 9:54 . There is a famous story of two
snakes that grabbed each other by the tail and each swallowed the
other.