Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Shall wax cold (yughsetai). Second future passive indicative from yuxw. To breathe cool by blowing, to grow cold, "spiritual energy blighted or chilled by a malign or poisonous wind" (Vincent).
The love of many (h agaph twn pollwn). Love of the brotherhood gives way to mutual hatred and suspicion.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Matthew 24:12:
Revelation 2:5
Revelation 3:15
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