Matthew 10:22
And ye shall be hated
of all [men] for my name’s sake:
but he that endureth to the end
shall be saved.
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Other translations
New International Version
You will be hated by everyone because of me, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.
New Living Translation
And all nations will hate you because you are my followers. But everyone who endures to the end will be saved.
English Standard Version
and you will be hated by all for my name’s sake. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
Berean Study Bible
You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
Berean Literal Bible
And you will be hated by all on account of My name; but the one having endured to the end, he will be saved.
New King James Version
And you will be hated by all for My name’s sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved.
New American Standard Bible
And you will be hated by all because of My name, but it is the one who has endured to the end who will be saved.
Amplified Bible
And you will be hated by everyone because of [your association with] My name, but it is the one who has patiently persevered and endured to the end who will be saved.
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Hated of all men for my name’s sake.
Here, as before, the words sketch out the history of the persecution with a precision which marks and attests the divine foreknowledge.
From the days of Stephen to that of the last martyr under Diocletian, and in some areas of the world till today, it always has been that Christians suffered for the name of the Christ.
Would they but renounce that name, all would have gone smoothly with them.
As Tertullian said of the sufferers of his day, “We are tortured when we confess our guilt, we are set free if we deny it, for the battle is about a Name”. (Compare. 1 Peter 4:16.)
The universality of this hatred would make it evident to them, that since it would not be owing to any temporary excitement, local virulence, or personal prejudice, on the part of their enemies, so no amount of discretion on their part, consistent with entire fidelity to the truth, would avail to stifle that enmity – though it might soften its violence, and in some cases avert the outward manifestations of it.
Of all men
That is, of all kinds of people.
The human heart would be opposed to them, because it is opposed to the Christ.
But he that endureth to the end shall be saved
A great saying, repeated, in connection with similar warnings, in the prophecy of the destruction of Jerusalem (Matthew 24:13); and often reiterated by the apostle as a warning against “drawing back unto perdition” (Hebrews 3:6, 13; 6:4-6; 10:23, 26-29, 38, 39, etc.).
As “drawing back unto perdition” is merely the palpable evidence of the want of “root” from the first in the Christian profession (Luke 8:13), so “enduring to the end” is just the proper evidence of its reality and solidity.
He that endureth to the end
That is endures, as the context shows, in the confession of the name of Christ as long as the trial lasts, or to the end of his own life.
Such a one should receive “salvation” in its highest sense, the full participation in the blessedness of the kingdom of the Christ.
To the end
That is, to the end of life, be it longer or shorter.
Shall be saved
Those who endure to the end shall receive “salvation” in its highest sense, the full participation in the blessedness of the kingdom of the Christ.
He that bears all these unspeakable sufferings, and who does not shrink and apostatize, will give decisive evidence of attachment to Jesus, and shall enter into heaven (See Revelation 3:21-22).
Greek
You will be ☆ ἔσεσθε (esesthe) ☆ Verb – Future Indicative Middle – 2nd Person Plural ☆ I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.
Hated ☆ μισούμενοι (misoumenoi) ☆ Verb – Present Participle Middle or Passive – Nominative Masculine Plural ☆ To hate, detest, love less, esteem less. From a primary misos; to detest; by extension, to love less.
By ☆ ὑπὸ (hypo) ☆ Preposition ☆ A primary preposition; under, i.e. of place, or with verbs; of place (underneath) or where (below) or time (when).
Everyone ☆ πάντων (pantōn) ☆ Adjective – Genitive Masculine Plural ☆ All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.
On account of ☆ διὰ (dia) ☆ Preposition ☆ A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through.
My ☆ μου (mou) ☆ Personal / Possessive Pronoun – Genitive 1st Person Singular ☆ I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.
Name ☆ ὄνομά (onoma) ☆ Noun – Accusative Neuter Singular ☆ Name, character, fame, reputation. From a presumed derivative of the base of ginosko; a ‘name’.
But ☆ δὲ (de) ☆ Conjunction ☆ A primary particle; but, and, etc.
The [one who] ☆ ὁ (ho) ☆ Article – Nominative Masculine Singular ☆ The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.
Perseveres ☆ ὑπομείνας (hypomeinas) ☆ Verb – Aorist Participle Active – Nominative Masculine Singular ☆ From hupo and meno; to stay under, i.e. Remain; figuratively, to undergo, i.e. Bear, have fortitude, persevere.
To ☆ εἰς (eis) ☆ Preposition ☆ A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.
[the] end ☆ τέλος (telos) ☆ Noun – Accusative Neuter Singular ☆ (a) an end, (b) event or issue, (c) the principal end, aim, purpose, (d) a tax.
Will be saved ☆ σωθήσεται (sōthēsetai) ☆ Verb – Future Indicative Passive – 3rd Person Singular ☆ To save, heal, preserve, rescue. From a primary sos; to save, i.e. Deliver or protect.
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