Endure the hatred of the world 1/4

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.

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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 it was always as a Christian and for the name of Christ that men thus suffered.

Would they but renounce that, 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 1Peter 4:16.)

Of all men

That is, of all kinds of people.
The human heart would be opposed to them, because it is opposed to Christ.

For my name’s sake

For preaching or professing of My gospel, and living up to the rule of it, Acts 4:18, 5:41.
This is that which Peter called suffering as a Christian (1 Peter 4:16).

And by this phrase He does not only admonish them of their duty, to see that they suffered for His name’s sake, but also encourages them from the honourable cause of their suffering, it was for His name’s sake.

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.

There shall be an end of these sufferings, if they end not in your lifetime they will end with your lives, and if you continue to the end you shall be saved.

It is neither true patience, nor will it be profitable, if it holdeth not out to the end (Mark 13:13;  1 Corinthians 9:24;  Hebrews 3:6).

Endurance

Endurance cannot be guaranteed by …

1. Habit, which may extend only to the outer framework, and not to the spirit, motive, temper of the religious life.
2. Determination. The will can do almost everything except be sure of itself amid circumstances which go against the grain.
3. Indefectible Grace. This doctrine is no part of the New Testament teaching. It reduces the sacraments and ordinances of religion to mere charms. It brings probation to an end, for it practically abolishes freewill. The Christian’s perseverance may be morally, but it is assuredly not mechanically, certain.

To the end

That is, to the end of life, be it longer or shorter.
He that bears all these unspeakable sufferings, and who does not shrink and apostatize, will give decisive evidence of attachment to me, and shall enter into heaven (See Revelation 3:21-22).

Shall be saved

Such a one should receive “salvation” in its highest sense, the full participation in the blessedness of the kingdom of the Christ.

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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