¹²只 因 不法 的事增多 ，许多人 的爱心 才渐渐冷淡了 。

¹² And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.

¹² Verse 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 Mt 24:10; others corrupting it, as

Mt 24:11; and others growing indifferent about it, Mt 24:12.

Even at this early period there seems to have been a very

considerable defection in several Christian Churches; see

Ga 3:1-4; 2Th 3:1, &c.; 2Ti 1:15.