Luke 12:45

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;

And if

Matthew 24:48

2 Peter 2:3

To beat

Revelation 18:24

To eat

Revelation 18:7

Bible References

And if

But if the slave is bad and says to himself, 'My master is going to be gone a long time,'

In their greed they will exploit you with messages manufactured by themselves. From of old their condemnation has not been idle and their destruction has not been slumbering.

To beat

and the rest seized his slaves, treated them with violence, and murdered them.

For you listen to a man, if he makes you his slave, or spends your money for his living, or cheats you, or puts on airs, or slaps you in the face.

I have written briefly to the church, but Diotrephes, who likes to be first among them, refuses to listen to me.

Permission was given to him to make war on God's people and to conquer them; authority was given to him over every tribe, people, language, and nation.

Because they have shed the blood of your people and prophets, you have given them blood to drink; they deserve it."

On her forehead was written a name with a symbolical meaning, "Mighty Babylon, the mother of prostitutes and of earth's abominations."

in her has been found the blood of prophets, saints, and all who have been slaughtered on the earth."

To eat

For such men are really not serving our Lord Christ but their own base appetites, and by their fair and flattering talk they are deceiving the hearts of unsuspecting people.

For there are many, of whom I have often told you, and now tell you in tears, who practice living as the enemies of the cross of Christ.

They think their daily luxurious living real pleasure; they are spots and blots, deceitfully living in luxurious pleasure while they continue their religious feasting with you.

They are blots on your love feasts while they feast with you, daringly caring for no one but themselves; rainless clouds swept along by winds; leafless trees that bear no fruit, doubly dead, uprooted;

To the same degree in which she has lived in splendor and luxury, give her torture and tears. Because she is always boasting in her heart, 'I sit enthroned as queen; I am not a widow, I shall never experience any sorrow' --