D&C 45:27 · Joseph Smith—Matthew 1:30
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The saying stands at four distinct frozen verses in the corpus and they split two against two on one word. 'the love of men shall wax cold' stands at exactly two, D&C 45:27 and Joseph Smith-Matthew 1:30; 'the love of many shall wax cold' at exactly two, Matthew 24:12 and Joseph Smith-Matthew 1:10. The two-word probe 'wax cold' returns those four and no others. Divergence of order: the revelation puts the cooling first and the abounding second, and both other carriers put the abounding first as the cause. Registered at the 2026-08-11 editorial review.