KJV King James Version
And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
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Matthew 24:12
And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Because of the multiplication of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold.
WEB World English Bible
Because iniquity will be multiplied, the love of many will grow cold.
ASV American Standard Version
And because iniquity shall be multiplied, the love of the many shall wax cold.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and because of the abounding of the lawlessness, the love of the many shall become cold;
Surrounding context — Matthew 24
9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake.
10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)
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Revelation 2:4-5Nevertheless I have [somewhat] against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.James 4:1-4From whence [come] wars and fightings among you? [come they] not hence, [even] of your lusts that war in your members?Revelation 3:15I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.Revelation 2:10Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast [some] of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.James 5:1-6Go to now, [ye] rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon [you].
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