# Didache 16.3

- Author: Anonymous
- Work: [Didache](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/didache/) (*Doctrina duodecim apostolorum*)
- Date: ca. 50–150 (often ca. 100) (disputed)
- Source: Lake, LCL 24:332; Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 1, LCL 24 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1912), 308–333 (Greek text: K. Lake, The Apostolic Fathers (LCL, 1912-1913), digitized by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26
- Canonical URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/didache/16/3/

Summary: In the last days false prophets will multiply and love will turn to hate.

## Greek text

ἐν γὰρ ταῖς ἐσχάταις ἡμέραις πληθυνθήσονται οἱ ψευδοπροφῆται καὶ οἱ φθορεῖς, καὶ στραφήσονται τὰ πρόβατα εἰς λύκους, καὶ ἡ ἀγάπη στραφήσεται εἰς μῖσος.

## English translation (Claude)

For in the last days the false prophets and the corrupters will be multiplied, and the sheep will be turned into wolves, and love will be turned into hate.

## Scripture references

- Matt 24:11: allusion, medium confidence
- Matt 7:15: echo, medium confidence

## Citation (SBL)

Did. 16.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/didache/16/3/).