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SBL Greek New Testament

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Matthew 24

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matthew.24.mt24GrowCold

ψυγήσεται ἡ ἀγάπη τῶν πολλῶν

LEXICONTRANSLATIONhigh confidence

What happens to the love of many?

The future passive uses the physical image of cooling.

Why this default

‘The love of the many will grow cold’ is default because the passive preserves the physical cooling image and the collective phrase. ‘Most will cool’ is compact, while ‘love will fade’ interprets the result.

Evidence

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InternalThe decision record relies on the stated lexical, grammatical, or translation rationale.

Project defaultthe love of the many will grow cold

Project default · image retained

Alternativethe love of most will cool

Compact English

Alternativemany people’s love will fade away

Meaning foregrounded

Reference roleStandardized inspectable reference; manuscript forks are independently reopened.

Revision historyNo decision-level revision has been recorded since the provenance ledger was introduced.

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