MATTHEW 10:22 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.”
And you will be hated by all for my name's sake. But the one who endures to the end will be saved. The universal hatred — hated by all — is the social consequence of the mission that chapter 5:11 already anticipated: blessed are those who are persecuted for my sake. The endurance to the end that leads to salvation is not the earning of salvation by persistence but the demonstration of genuine faith through the persistence that genuine faith produces. Hebrews 12:1–2 calls the disciples to run with endurance the race set before them, looking to Jesus. The end may be the end of the individual's trials or the end of the age; either way, endurance through the tribulation is the mark of those who belong to the kingdom.
Church Fathers on Matthew 10:22
Having placed the comfort first, He adds the more alarming perils; 'Brother shall deliver up brother to death, and the father the son; children shall rise against parents, to put them to death.'
Wrongs which we suffer from strangers, pain us less than those we suffer from men on whose affections we had counted; for besides the bodily affliction, there is then the pain of lost affection.
This we see often happen in persecutions, nor is there any true affection between those whose faith is different.
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