Matthew 24:12

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Because lawlessness

King James Version (1611)
And because iniquitie shal abound, the loue of many shall waxe cold.

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

English Standard Version
And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many 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.

Amplified Bible
"Because lawlessness is increased, the love of most people will grow cold.

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.

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.

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;

Easy-to-Read Version
There will be so much more evil in the world that the love of most believers 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.

Good News Translation
Such will be the spread of evil that many people's love 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.

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.

Hebrew Names Version
Because iniquity will be multiplied, the love of many will grow cold.

International Standard Version
and because lawlessness will increase, the love of many people will 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.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And because iniquitie shall abounde, the loue of many shall waxe colde.

English Revised Version
And because iniquity shall be multiplied, the love of the many shall wax 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;

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.

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.

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.

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.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And because iniquite shall have the vpper hande the love of many shall abate.

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.

Simplified Cowboy Version
Folks are gonna stop lovin' each other and focus on themselves and the evil that lives there.

Contextual Overview

⁴Jesus said, "Watch out for doomsday deceivers. Many leaders are going to show up with forged identities, claiming, ‘I am Christ, the Messiah.' They will deceive a lot of people. When reports come in of wars and rumored wars, keep your head and don't panic. This is routine history; this is no sign of the end. Nation will fight nation and ruler fight ruler, over and over. Famines and earthquakes will occur in various places. This is nothing compared to what is coming. ⁹"They are going to throw you to the wolves and kill you, everyone hating you because you carry my name. And then, going from bad to worse, it will be dog-eat-dog, everyone at each other's throat, everyone hating each other. ¹¹"In the confusion, lying preachers will come forward and deceive a lot of people. For many others, the overwhelming spread of evil will do them in—nothing left of their love but a mound of ashes. ¹³"Staying with it—that's what God requires. Stay with it to the end. You won't be sorry, and you'll be saved. All during this time, the good news—the Message of the kingdom—will be preached all over the world, a witness staked out in every country. And then the end will come. ¹⁵"But be ready to run for it when you see the monster of desecration set up in the Temple sanctuary. The prophet Daniel described this. If you've read Daniel, you'll know what I'm talking about. If you're living in Judea at the time, run for the hills; if you're working in the yard, don't return to the house to get anything; if you're out in the field, don't go back and get your coat. Pregnant and nursing mothers will have it especially hard. Hope and pray this won't happen during the winter or on a Sabbath. ²¹"This is going to be trouble on a scale beyond what the world has ever seen, or will see again. If these days of trouble were left to run their course, nobody would make it. But on account of God's chosen people, the trouble will be cut short. ²³"If anyone tries to flag you down, calling out, ‘Here's the Messiah!' or points, ‘There he is!' don't fall for it. Fake Messiahs and lying preachers are going to pop up everywhere. Their impressive credentials and dazzling performances will pull the wool over the eyes of even those who ought to know better. But I've given you fair warning. ²⁶"So if they say, ‘Run to the country and see him arrive!' or, ‘Quick, get downtown, see him come!' don't give them the time of day. The Arrival of the Son of Man isn't something you go to see. He comes like swift lightning to you! Whenever you see crowds gathering, think of carrion vultures circling, moving in, hovering over a rotting carcass. You can be quite sure that it's not the living Son of Man pulling in those crowds. ²⁹ "Following those hard times, Sun will fade out, moon cloud over, Stars fall out of the sky, cosmic powers tremble. ³⁰"Then, the Arrival of the Son of Man! It will fill the skies—no one will miss it. Unready people all over the world, outsiders to the splendor and power, will raise a huge lament as they watch the Son of Man blazing out of heaven. At that same moment, he'll dispatch his angels with a trumpet-blast summons, pulling in God's chosen from the four winds, from pole to pole.

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 all these things, this word of God came to Abram in a vision: "Don't be afraid, Abram. I'm your shield. Your reward will be grand!"

Genesis 24:10
The servant took ten of his master's camels and, loaded with gifts from his master, traveled to Aram Naharaim and the city of Nahor. Outside the city, he made the camels kneel at a well. It was evening, the time when the women came to draw water. He prayed, "O God , God of my master Abraham, make things go smoothly this day; treat my master Abraham well! As I stand here by the spring while the young women of the town come out to get water, let the girl to whom I say, ‘Lower your jug and give me a drink,' and who answers, ‘Drink, and let me also water your camels'—let her be the woman you have picked out for your servant Isaac. Then I'll know that you're working graciously behind the scenes for my master."

Genesis 24:42
"Well, when I came this very day to the spring, I prayed, ‘ God , God of my master Abraham, make things turn out well in this task I've been given. I'm standing at this well. When a young woman comes here to draw water and I say to her, Please, give me a sip of water from your jug, and she says, Not only will I give you a drink, I'll also water your camels—let that woman be the wife God has picked out for my master's son.'

Genesis 27:20
Isaac said, "So soon? How did you get it so quickly?" "Because your God cleared the way for me."

Genesis 28:13
Then God was right before him, saying, "I am God , the God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac. I'm giving the ground on which you are sleeping to you and to your descendants. Your descendants will be as the dust of the Earth; they'll stretch from west to east and from north to south. All the families of the Earth will bless themselves in you and your descendants. Yes. I'll stay with you, I'll protect you wherever you go, and I'll bring you back to this very ground. I'll stick with you until I've done everything I promised you."

Genesis 32:9
And then Jacob prayed, "God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, God who told me, ‘Go back to your parents' homeland and I'll treat you well.' I don't deserve all the love and loyalty you've shown me. When I left here and crossed the Jordan I only had the clothes on my back, and now look at me—two camps! Save me, please, from the violence of my brother, my angry brother! I'm afraid he'll come and attack us all, me, the mothers and the children. You yourself said, ‘I will treat you well; I'll make your descendants like the sands of the sea, far too many to count.'"

Exodus 3:6
Then he said, "I am the God of your father: The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob." Moses hid his face, afraid to look at God.

Exodus 3:15
God continued with Moses: "This is what you're to say to the Israelites: ‘ God , the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob sent me to you.' This has always been my name, and this is how I always will be known.

1 Kings 18:36
When it was time for the sacrifice to be offered, Elijah the prophet came up and prayed, "O God , God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, make it known right now that you are God in Israel, that I am your servant, and that I'm doing what I'm doing under your orders. Answer me, God ; O answer me and reveal to this people that you are God , the true God, and that you are giving these people another chance at repentance."

Nehemiah 2:4
The king then asked me, "So what do you want?" Praying under my breath to the God-of-Heaven, I said, "If it please the king, and if the king thinks well of me, send me to Judah, to the city where my family is buried, so that I can rebuild it."

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.