But he who endures to the end, the same will be saved.
Parallel translations
- KJV But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
- BSB But the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
- NKJV But he who endures to the end shall be saved.
- NASB But the one who endures to the end is the one who will be saved.
- NLT But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
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- Matt 10:22You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved.
- 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.
- 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.
- Heb 10:39But we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the saving of the soul.
- Rom 2:7to those who by perseverance in well-doing seek for glory, honor, and incorruptibility, eternal life;
- Heb 3:14For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our confidence firm to the end:
- 1 Cor 1:8who will also confirm you until the end, blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- 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.
- Heb 3:6but Christ is faithful as a Son over his house; whose house we are, if we hold fast our confidence and the glorying of our hope firm to the end.
- Matt 24:6You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you aren’t troubled, for all this must happen, but the end is not yet.
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