Matthew 24:49

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Summary

Matthew 24:49

And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;

To smite

And to

Bible References

To smite

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.

and not as tyrannizing over those in your charge but proving models for the flock;

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."

I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of God's people, and the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. When I saw her I was perfectly amazed,

And to

"Beware of the false prophets, who come to you disguised as sheep but are ravenous wolves underneath.

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.

They are doomed to destruction: their appetites are their god; they glory in their shame; they are absorbed in earthly matters.

They must be silenced, for such men upset whole households by teaching things they ought not to teach, for the sake of dishonest gain.

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;