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King James Version

Matthew 24:12

And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Affections;   Apostasy;   Backsliders;   Company;   Jesus Continued;   Thompson Chain Reference - Backsliding;   Deterioration-Development;   Earnestness-Indifference;   Indifference;   Iniquity;   Love;   The Topic Concordance - Affliction;   Coming of the Lord Jesus Christ;   End of the World;   Endurance;   Evangelism;   Iniquity;   Love;   Redemption;   Salvation;   Tribulation;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Affections, the;   Apostates;   Christ, the Prophet;   Jerusalem;   Prophets;   Second Coming of Christ, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Prophecy;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Apostacy;   Day of the lord;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Jesus Christ;   Lawlessness;   Prophet, Christ as;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Jews;   Perseverance;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Matthew, the Gospel of;   Olivet Discourse, the;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Jesus Christ;   Jude, Epistle of;   Kingdom of God;   Olives, Mount of;   Text of the New Testament;   Thessalonians, Second Epistle to the;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Endurance;   Progress;   Thessalonians Epistles to the;   Wandering Stars;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Judah, the Kingdom of;   Matthew, Gospel by;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;   Jerusalem;   Matthew;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Cold;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Jesus of Nazareth;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Apostasy;   Charity;   Cold;   English Versions;   Eschatology of the New Testament;   Hebrews, Epistle to the;   Man of Sin;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Eschatology;  

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
There will be so much more evil in the world that the love of most believers will grow cold.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And because iniquite shall have the vpper hande the love of many shall abate.
International Standard Version
and because lawlessness will increase, the love of many people will grow cold.
New American Standard Bible
"And because lawlessness is increased, most people's love will become cold.
New Century Version
There will be more and more evil in the world, so most people will stop showing their love for each other.
Update Bible Version
And because iniquity shall be multiplied, the love of the many shall wax cold.
Webster's Bible Translation
And because iniquity will abound, the love of many will become cold.
Amplified Bible
"Because lawlessness is increased, the love of most people will grow cold.
English Standard Version
And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold.
World English Bible
Because iniquity will be multiplied, the love of many will grow cold.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
Weymouth's New Testament
and because of the prevalent disregard of God's law the love of the great majority will grow cold;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And for wickidnesse schal `be plenteuouse, the charite of manye schal wexe coold;
English Revised Version
And because iniquity shall be multiplied, the love of the many shall wax cold.
Berean Standard Bible
Because of the multiplication of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold.
Contemporary English Version
Evil will spread and cause many people to stop loving others.
American Standard Version
And because iniquity shall be multiplied, the love of the many shall wax cold.
Bible in Basic English
And because wrongdoing will be increased, the love of most people will become cold.
Complete Jewish Bible
and many people's love will grow cold because of increased distance from Torah.
Darby Translation
and because lawlessness shall prevail, the love of the most shall grow cold;
Etheridge Translation
And because of the abounding of iniquity, the love of many will languish.
Murdock Translation
And on account of the abounding of iniquity, the love of many will decline.
King James Version (1611)
And because iniquitie shal abound, the loue of many shall waxe cold.
New Living Translation
Sin will be rampant everywhere, and the love of many will grow cold.
New Life Bible
Because of people breaking the laws and sin being everywhere, the love in the hearts of many people will become cold.
New Revised Standard
And because of the increase of lawlessness, the love of many will grow cold.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And because iniquitie shalbe increased, the loue of many shalbe colde.
George Lamsa Translation
And because of the growth of iniquity, the love of many will become cold.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, because of lawlessness being brought to the full, the love of the many, will grew cold.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And because iniquity hath abounded, the charity of many shall grow cold.
Revised Standard Version
And because wickedness is multiplied, most men's love will grow cold.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And because iniquitie shall abounde, the loue of many shall waxe colde.
Good News Translation
Such will be the spread of evil that many people's love will grow cold.
Christian Standard Bible®
Because lawlessness
Hebrew Names Version
Because iniquity will be multiplied, the love of many will grow cold.
Lexham English Bible
and because lawlessness will increase, the love of many will grow cold.
Literal Translation
And because lawlessness shall have been multiplied, the love of the many will grow cold.
Young's Literal Translation
and because of the abounding of the lawlessness, the love of the many shall become cold;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and because iniquyte shal haue the vpper hande, the loue of many shal abate.
Mace New Testament (1729)
and as iniquity becomes more flagrant, the zeal of many will grow cool.
New English Translation
and because lawlessness will increase so much, the love of many will grow cold.
New King James Version
And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold.
Simplified Cowboy Version
Folks are gonna stop lovin' each other and focus on themselves and the evil that lives there.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Because lawlessness is increased, most people's love will grow cold.
Legacy Standard Bible
And because lawlessness is multiplied, most people's love will grow cold.

Contextual Overview

4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. 5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. 6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows. 9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. 10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. 11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. 12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. 13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

because: James 4:1-4, James 5:1-6

the love: Revelation 2:4, Revelation 2:5, Revelation 2:10, Revelation 3:15

Reciprocal: Psalms 12:1 - godly Romans 2:7 - patient Romans 12:11 - fervent

Cross-References

Genesis 15:1
After these things the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
Genesis 24:7
The Lord God of heaven, which took me from my father's house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.
Genesis 24:8
And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again.
Genesis 24:10
And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor.
Genesis 24:11
And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water.
Genesis 24:16
And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up.
Genesis 24:17
And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher.
Genesis 24:27
And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the Lord led me to the house of my master's brethren.
Genesis 24:42
And I came this day unto the well, and said, O Lord God of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go:
Genesis 24:48
And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the Lord , and blessed the Lord God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take my master's brother's daughter unto his son.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And because iniquity shall abound,.... Meaning, either the malice and wickedness of outrageous persecutors, which should greatly increase; or the treachery and hatred of the apostates; or the errors and heresies of false teachers; or the wickedness that prevailed in the lives and conversations of some, that were called Christians: for each of these seem to be hinted at in the context, and may be all included, as making up the abounding iniquity here spoken of; the consequence of which would be,

the love of many shall wax cold. This would be the case of many, but not of all; for in the midst of this abounding iniquity, there were some, the ardour of whose love to Christ, to his Gospel, and to the saints, did not abate: but then there were many, whose zeal for Christ, through the violence of persecution, was greatly damped; and through the treachery of false brethren, were shy of the saints themselves, not knowing who to trust; and through the principles of the false teachers, the power of godliness, and the vital heat of religion, were almost lost; and through a love of the world, and of carnal ease and pleasure, love to the saints was grown very chill, and greatly left; as the instances of Demas, and those that forsook the Apostle Paul, at his first answer before Nero, show. This might be true of such, who were real believers in Christ; who might fall under great decays, through the prevalence of iniquity; since it does not say their love shall be lost, but wax cold.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And because iniquity ... - The word “iniquity” here seems to include the cruelty of the Jews and Romans in their persecutions; the betraying of Christians by those who professed to be such; and the pernicious errors of false prophets arid others. The effect of all this would be, that the ardor of feeling of many Christians would be lessened. The word “wax” means to “become.” It is an old Saxon word, not used now in this sense except in the Bible. The fear of death, and the deluding influence of false teachers, would lessen the zeal of many timid and weak professors; perhaps, also, of many real but feeble Christians.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Matthew 24:12. The love of many shall wax cold. — By reason of these trials and persecutions from without, and those apostasies and false prophets from within, the love of many to Christ and his doctrine, and to one another, shall grow cold. Some openly deserting the faith, as Matthew 24:10; others corrupting it, as Matthew 24:11; and others growing indifferent about it, Matthew 24:12. Even at this early period there seems to have been a very considerable defection in several Christian Churches; see Galatians 3:1-4; 2 Thessalonians 3:1, c. 2 Timothy 1:15.


 
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