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And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
And because iniquity shall be multiplied, the love of the many shall wax cold.
Because lawlessness is increased, the love of most people will grow cold.
And the love of the great body of people will grow cold because of the multiplied lawlessness and iniquity,
And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
Because lawlessness will multiply, the love of many will grow cold.
Because disobedience will expand, the love of many will grow cold.
and many people’s love will grow cold because of increased distance from Torah.
Evil will spread and cause many people to stop loving others.
and because lawlessness shall prevail, the love of the most shall grow cold;
And the love of the majority will grow cold because of lawlessness being multiplied.
And because iniquity hath abounded, the charity of many shall grow cold.
There will be so much more evil in the world that the love of most believers will grow cold.
More and more people everywhere will be doing very bad things. Because of this, many people will no longer love each other in the way that they did before.
Because lawlessness will increase, the love of many will grow cold.
And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold.
And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold.
There will be more and more ·evil [sin; lawlessness] in the world, so ·most people will stop showing their love for each other [L the love of many/most will grow cold].
And because iniquity shall be increased, the love of many shall be cold.
And because there will be more and more lawlessness, most people’s love will grow cold.
Such will be the spread of evil that many people's love will grow cold.
Because lawlessness will multiply, the love of many will grow cold.
There will be more and more evil in the world. So most people will stop showing their love for each other.
and because lawlessness will increase, the love of many people will grow cold.
“Be careful that no one misleads you,” returned Jesus, “for many men will come in my name saying ‘I am christ’, and they will mislead many. You will hear of wars and rumours of wars—but don’t be alarmed. Such things must indeed happen, but that is not the end. For one nation will rise in arms against another, and one kingdom against another, and there will be famines and earthquakes in different parts of the world. But all that is only the beginning of the birth-pangs. For then comes the time when men will hand you over to persecution, and kill you. And all nations will hate you because you bear my name. Then comes the time when many will lose their faith, and will betray and hate each other. Yes, and many false prophets will arise, and will mislead many people. Because of the spread of wickedness the love of most men will grow cold, though the man who holds out to the end will be saved. This good news of the kingdom will be proclaimed to men all over the world as a witness to all the nations, and the end will come.
And because lawlessness shall abound, the charity of many shall wax cold.
And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
And because lawlessness is multiplied, most people’s love will grow cold.
and because lawlessness will increase, the love of many will grow cold.
Sin will be rampant everywhere and will cool the love of many.
“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.
Because iniquity will abound, the love of many will grow cold.
and because lawlessness will be increased, · the love of many will grow cold.
And because there will be more and more lawlessness, most people’s love will grow cold.
and because of the increase of evildoing, the love of many will grow cold.
And because lawlessness is increased, most people’s love will become cold.
Because lawlessness is increased, most people’s love will grow cold.
and with the increase of lawlessness, the love of many will grow cold.
There will be more and more evil in the world, so most people will stop showing their love for each other.
and because lawlessness will increase so much, the love of many will grow cold.
Because evil will grow, most people’s love will grow cold.
Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold,
Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold,
And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold.
Because of people breaking the laws and sin being everywhere, the love in the hearts of many people will become cold.
Sin will be rampant everywhere, and the love of many will grow cold.
And because iniquity will have the upper hand, the love of many will abate.
And because of the increase of lawlessness, the love of many will grow cold.
And because of the increase of lawlessness, the love of many will grow cold.
And because of the increase of lawlessness, the love of many will grow cold.
And because of the increase of lawlessness, the love of many will grow cold.
And because lawlessness will be on the increase, many will find their love growing cold.
And because of the increased mufkarut (lawlessness, anarchy—Mt 7:23), the agape (love) of many will become cold.
“And because iniquity shall be increased, the love of many shall be cold.
And because wickedness is multiplied, most men’s love will grow cold.
And because wickedness is multiplied, most men’s love will grow cold.
Because lawlessness will multiply, the love of many will grow cold.
The love that they had for one another will grow cold because few will obey the law. False prophets will appear, many will be taken in by them, and the only thing that will grow is wickedness. There will be no end to the increase of wickedness.
Because iniquity will be multiplied, the love of many will grow cold.
People will do more and more wrong things and many people will stop loving me.
And for wickedness shall be plenteous, the charity of many shall wax cold;
and because of the abounding of the lawlessness, the love of the many shall become cold;
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