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You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved.
Matthew 10:22 · World English Bible
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  • KJV And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
  • BSB You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
  • NKJV Andyou will be hated by all for My name’s sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved.
  • NASB 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.
  • NLT And all nations will hate you because you are my followers. But everyone who endures to the end will be saved.

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Cross-references · 27

  • Matt 24:13But he who endures to the end, the same will be saved.
  • Jas 1:12Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.
  • Rev 2:10Don’t be afraid of the things which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested; and you will have oppression for ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will give you the crown of life.
  • Mark 13:13You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake, but he who endures to the end, the same will be saved.
  • Matt 10:39He who seeks his life will lose it; and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.
  • 1 Jn 3:13Don’t be surprised, my brothers, if the world hates you.
  • Matt 24:9Then they will deliver you up to oppression, and will kill you. You will be hated by all of the nations for my name’s sake.
  • Rom 2:7to those who by perseverance in well-doing seek for glory, honor, and incorruptibility, eternal life;
  • Heb 6:11We desire that each one of you may show the same diligence to the fullness of hope even to the end,
  • John 17:14I have given them your word. The world hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
  • Gal 6:9Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don’t give up.
  • Luke 6:22Blessed are you when men shall hate you, and when they shall exclude and mock you, and throw out your name as evil, for the Son of Man’s sake.
  • Jude 1:20–21But you, beloved, keep building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit.
  • John 15:18–21If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you.
  • 2 Cor 4:11For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus may be revealed in our mortal flesh.
  • Matt 5:11“Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
  • Rev 2:7He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of my God.
  • Rev 2:17He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him who overcomes, to him I will give of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written, which no one knows but he who receives it.
  • Isa 66:5–6Hear Yahweh’s word, you who tremble at his word: “Your brothers who hate you, who cast you out for my name’s sake, have said, ‘Let Yahweh be glorified, that we may see your joy;’ but it is those who shall be disappointed.
  • John 7:7The world can’t hate you, but it hates me, because I testify about it, that its works are evil.
  • Luke 8:15That in the good ground, these are such as in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it tightly, and produces fruit with patience.
  • Rev 3:21He who overcomes, I will give to him to sit down with me on my throne, as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father on his throne.
  • Dan 12:12–13Blessed is he who waits, and comes to the one thousand three hundred thirty-five days.
  • Acts 9:16For I will show him how many things he must suffer for my name’s sake.”
  • Rev 2:26He who overcomes, and he who keeps my works to the end, to him I will give authority over the nations.
  • Heb 3:14For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our confidence firm to the end:
  • Rev 2:3You have perseverance and have endured for my name’s sake, and have not grown weary.

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