God’s Word Translation
Matthew 24:12
12And because there will be more and more lawlessness, most people’s love will grow cold.
Matthew 24:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
- New International Version (NIV)Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold,
- English Standard Version (ESV)And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold.
Context of Matthew 24:12
10Then many will lose faith. They will betray and hate each other. 11Many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. And because there will be more and more lawlessness, most people’s love will grow cold. 13But the person who endures to the end will be saved. 14“This Good News about the kingdom will be spread throughout the world as a testimony to all nations. Then the end will come.
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καὶ διὰ τὸ πληθυνθῆναι τὴν ἀνομίαν ψυγήσεται ἡ ἀγάπη τῶν πολλῶν.Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Matthew 24:12
- James 4:1What causes fights and quarrels among you? Aren’t they caused by the selfish desires that fight to control you?
- James 5:1Pay attention to this if you’re rich. Cry and moan about the misery that is coming to you.
- Revelation 2:4However, I have this against you: The love you had at first is gone.
- Revelation 3:15I know what you have done, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were cold or hot.
Commentaries on Matthew 24:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12The 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…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12And 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…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4-28Verses 4-28 The disciples had asked concerning the times, When these things should be? Christ gave them no answer to that; but they had also asked, What shall be the sign? This question he answers fully. The prophecy first respects events near at hand, the destruction of Jerusalem, the end of the Jewish church and state, the calling of the Gentiles, and the setting up of Christ's kingdom in the world; but it also looks to the general judgment; and toward…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12the love of most will grow cold (see Revelation 2:4): If the love within the community of the disciples of Jesus disappears, the community stops being what God designed it to be.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Matthew 24
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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