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Matthew 24:12
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Because lawlessness
And because iniquitie shal abound, the loue of many shall waxe cold.
And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold.
"And because lawlessness is increased, most people's love will become cold.
There will be more and more evil in the world, so most people will stop showing their love for each other.
"Because lawlessness is increased, the love of most people will grow cold.
"Because lawlessness is increased, most people's love will grow cold.
And because lawlessness is multiplied, most people's love will grow cold.
Because of the multiplication of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold.
Evil will spread and cause many people to stop loving others.
and many people's love will grow cold because of increased distance from Torah.
and because lawlessness shall prevail, the love of the most shall grow cold;
There will be so much more evil in the world that the love of most believers will grow cold.
And because iniquitie shalbe increased, the loue of many shalbe colde.
And because of the growth of iniquity, the love of many will become cold.
Such will be the spread of evil that many people's love will grow cold.
and because lawlessness will increase, the love of many will grow cold.
And because lawlessness shall have been multiplied, the love of the many will grow cold.
And because iniquity shall be multiplied, the love of the many shall wax cold.
And because wrongdoing will be increased, the love of most people will become cold.
Because iniquity will be multiplied, the love of many will grow cold.
and because lawlessness will increase, the love of many people will grow cold.
And because of the abounding of iniquity, the love of many will languish.
And on account of the abounding of iniquity, the love of many will decline.
And because iniquitie shall abounde, the loue of many shall waxe colde.
And because iniquity shall be multiplied, the love of the many shall wax cold.
Because iniquity will be multiplied, the love of many will grow cold.
And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
and because of the prevalent disregard of God's law the love of the great majority will grow cold;
And for wickidnesse schal `be plenteuouse, the charite of manye schal wexe coold;
And because iniquity shall be multiplied, the love of the many shall wax cold.
And because iniquity will abound, the love of many will become cold.
and because lawlessness will increase so much, the love of many will grow cold.
And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold.
Sin will be rampant everywhere, and the love of many will grow cold.
Because of people breaking the laws and sin being everywhere, the love in the hearts of many people will become cold.
And because of the increase of lawlessness, the love of many will grow cold.
And, because of lawlessness being brought to the full, the love of the many, will grew cold.
And because iniquity hath abounded, the charity of many shall grow cold.
And because wickedness is multiplied, most men's love will grow cold.
And because iniquite shall have the vpper hande the love of many shall abate.
and because of the abounding of the lawlessness, the love of the many shall become cold;
and because iniquyte shal haue the vpper hande, the loue of many shal abate.
Folks are gonna stop lovin' each other and focus on themselves and the evil that lives there.
Contextual Overview
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
" I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?" God is not a benefactor to the dead, but to the living.
the Lord is coming: be not in any manner of sollicitude, but in all your occasions lay your requests before God by prayer and supplication accompany'd by thanksgiving.
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.
