Matthew 24:12 KJV — MannaFest

Matthew 24:12

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

KJV

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ASV

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

WEB

Because of the multiplication of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold.

YLT

and because of the abounding of the lawlessness, the love of the many shall become cold;

DBT

and because lawlessness shall prevail, the love of the most shall grow cold;

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Matthew — The Gospel of the promised King. Five discourses punctuate the narrative; roughly sixty-five Old Testament citations bind the story to the prophets.

Author: Matthew (Levi), a former tax collector called by Jesus
Date: c. AD 50–60

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8 verses on the floor

Revelation 2:4
Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.
James 4:1–4
From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
Revelation 3:15
I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
Psalms 12:1
Help, Lord; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
Romans 12:11
Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

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(2.) The malignity of others. When persecution is in fashion, envy, enmity, and malice, are strangely diffused into the minds of men by contagion: and charity, tenderness, and moderation, are looked upon as singularities, which make a man like a speckled bird.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

); the deceivers would pretend to divine inspiration, an immediate mission, and a spirit of prophecy, when it was all a lie. Such they had been formerly ( Jer. xxiii. 6 ), as was foretold, Deut. xiii.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Or, it may be understood more particularly of brotherly love. When iniquity abounds, seducing iniquity, persecuting iniquity, this grace commonly waxes cold. Christians begin to be shy and suspicious one of another, affections are alienated, distances created, parties made, and so love comes to nothing.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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