Matthew 10:22 - Exposition

And ye shall be hated . For no little time ( ἔσεσθε μισούμενοι ) . "Suffering sometimes becomes as a reward for doing. You read of the heifers which brought home the ark out of the Philistines' country, that, when they brought the ark home, the Israelites took the heifers and offered them up to God, as a sacrifice ( 1 Samuel 6:14 ). 'Why so?'saith one. 'It is an ill requital to the heifers.' No; the heifers could not have so high an honour put upon them ( Philippians 1:29 ; Acts 9:16 ; Acts 21:13 )" (Wm. Bridge, in Ford). Of all men ( Matthew 10:17 , note). As with the old Israel, so also with the new (cf. Kubel). For my name's sake ( Matthew 6:9 , note). But he that endureth to the end (Revised Version adds, the same ) shall be saved (so Matthew 24:13 ). The emphatic insertion of οὗτος points out both the absolute necessity of endurance and the certainty of blessing to him who shows it (of. 2 Timothy 2:11 ). To the end ( εἰς τέλος ); i.e. not to the end of the time during which persecution shall last ( εἰς τὸ τέλος ), but to completeness in the endurance required (of. John 13:1 [Bishop Westcott's note]; 1 Thessalonians 2:16 ). Shall be saved. In the fullest sense (cf. the parallel passage, Luke 21:19 ).