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And many false prophets will arise and lead many astray. And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold. But the one who endures to the end will be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come." (ESV)
While the precise meaning of "imminent" may be ambiguous in some cases, the court provided later clarification in Hess v. Indiana (1973) in which the court found that Hess's words were protected under "his rights to free speech ", [ 3 ] in part, because his speech "amounted to nothing more than advocacy of illegal action at some indefinite ...
Lawlessness is a lack of law, in any of the various senses of that word. Lawlessness may describe various conditions. ... Anarchy (meaning "without leadership") is a ...
In 2 Thessalonians 2:3–10, the "man of sin" is described as one who will be revealed before the Day of the Lord comes. The Codex Sinaiticus and Codex Vaticanus have the reading "man of lawlessness" and Bruce M. Metzger argues that this is the original reading even though 94% of manuscripts have "man of sin".
In sociology, anomie or anomy (/ ˈ æ n ə m i /) is a social condition defined by an uprooting or breakdown of any moral values, standards or guidance for individuals to follow. [1] [2] Anomie is believed to possibly evolve from conflict of belief systems [3] and causes breakdown of social bonds between an individual and the community (both economic and primary socialization).
Due to this negative context, the term has almost always been translated as "evildoers", although it literally means "workers of lawlessness". [74] In Hebrew, lawlessness would imply "Torahlessness". Matthew appears to present Jesus as equating wickedness with encouraging antinomianism.
All these actions have caused an increased demand in accountability. Trust is a measured by gauging how effective ordinary civilians feel local policies and authorities are in their duties as official. [12] A series of laws have been created indicating the growing public concern about the need for oversight of government agencies.
On the Abundance of Laws (in Greek: Περί πολυνομίας) is an excerpt from Isocrates' Areopagiticus, where he argues that an abundance of laws is not a sign of good governance, but rather an indication of mismanagement.