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Matius 24:12

Dan karena makin bertambahnya kedurhakaan, maka kasih kebanyakan orang akan menjadi dingin.

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

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Dan karena makin bertambahnya kedurhakaan, maka kasih kebanyakan orang akan menjadi dingin.
Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Dan sebab makin bertambah dosa, maka kasih orang banyak tawarlah kelak.

Contextual Overview

4 And Iesus aunswered, and sayde vnto them: take heede, that no man deceaue you. 5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christe: and shall deceaue many. 6 Ye shal heare of warres, & rumours of warres: See that you be not troubled. For all [these thynges] must come to passe, but the ende is not yet. 7 Nation shall ryse agaynst nation, and realme agaynst realme: and there shalbe pestilence, and famine, and earthquakes, in [certayne] places. 8 All these are the begynnynges of sorowes. 9 Then shall they put you to trouble, and shall kyll you, and ye shalbe hated of all nations for my names sake. 10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. 11 And many false prophetes shall aryse, and shall deceaue many. 12 And because iniquitie shall abounde, the loue of many shall waxe colde. 13 But he that endureth to the ende, the same shalbe saued.

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 thynges, the worde of the Lorde came vnto Abram in a vision, saying: feare not Abram I am thy shielde [and] thy exceedyng great rewarde.
Genesis 24:7
The Lorde God of heauen whiche toke me from my fathers house, & from the land of my kinred, and which spake vnto me, and that sware vnto me, saying, vnto thy seede wyll I geue this lande: he shall sende his angell before thee, and thou shalt take a wyfe vnto my sonne from thence.
Genesis 24:8
Neuerthelesse, if the woman wyl not folowe thee, then shalt thou be cleare from this my othe: onlye bring not my sonne thyther agayne.
Genesis 24:10
And the seruaunt toke ten Camelles of the Camelles of his maister, & departed (& had of al maner of goods of his maister with him) and so he arose & went to Mesopotamia, vnto ye citie of Nachor.
Genesis 24:11
And made his Camelles to lye downe without the citie by a welles side of water at euen, about the time that women come out to drawe water.
Genesis 24:16
The damsel was very fayre to looke vpon, and yet a mayde, and vnknowen of man: and she went downe to the wel, and filled her pitcher, and came vp.
Genesis 24:17
And the seruaunt runnyng to meete her, sayde: let me I pray thee drinke a litle water of thy pitcher.
Genesis 24:27
And sayde: blessed be the Lorde God of my maister Abraham, whiche hath not left destitute my maister of his mercye and trueth: for when I was on my iourney, the Lorde brought me to my maisters brothers house.
Genesis 24:42
And so I came this day vnto the wel, and sayde: O Lorde the God of my maister Abraham, if it be so nowe that thou makest my iourney whiche I go prosperous,
Genesis 24:48
And I bowed my selfe, and worshipped the Lorde, and blessed the Lorde God of my maister Abraham, whiche had brought me the ryght way, to take my maisters brothers daughter vnto his sonne.

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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