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 he is a bad slave and says to himself, 'My master is going to stay a long time,'

In their greed they will exploit you with pretended arguments. From of old their condemnation has not been idle, and their destruction has not slumbered.

To beat

and the rest seized his slaves, and ill treated them and killed them.

For you put up with it if a man makes you his slaves, or lives on you, or takes you in, or puts on airs, or gives you a slap in the face.

I have written briefly to the church, but Diotrephes who likes to be their leader will not accept what I say.

It was allowed to make war on God's people and to conquer them, and it was given authority over every tribe, people, language, and nation.

for they shed the blood of your people and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink, as they deserve."

On her forehead there was written a name that was symbolic: "Mighty Babylon, mother of idolatresses and of earth's abominations."

and in you was found the blood of prophets, God's people, and all who have been slaughtered on the earth."

To eat

Such men are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own base passions, and with their plausible and flattering talk they deceive simple-minded people.

For there are many who live, as I have often told you, and tell you now with tears, like enemies of the cross of Christ.

suffering wrong as the reward for their wrongdoing. They find pleasure in the indulgence of the moment; they are a stain and a disgrace, and they revel in their deceit while they join in your religious meals.

They are stains on your religious meals, where they carouse together, boldly attending to no one but themselves; rainless clouds driven before the wind; leafless trees without fruit, doubly dead, and uprooted;

The more she has given herself to pride and luxury the more you must give her torture and grief. Because she says to herself, 'I sit on a throne; I am not a widow, I shall never have any sorrow,'