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13. καὶ ἔσεσθε μισούμενοι. Verbatim the same in all three. The analytical fut. marks the hatred as a process continually going on; cf. Mar 13:25. It will have its compensations, τὸ γὰρ ἕνεκεν αὐτοῦ μισεῖσθαι, ἱκανόν ἐστι πάσας ἐπικουφίσαι τὰς συμφοράς (Theoph.). On the causes of this universal hatred of Christians see Plummer, Church of the Early Fathers, pp. 150 f.
ὁ δὲ ὑπομείνας εἰς τέλος, οὗτος σωθήσεται. Mt. has the same, but Lk. interprets, “In your endurance ye shall win your souls.” Not εἰς τὸ τέλος, the end spoken of in Mar 13:7, but εἰς τέλος, “finally” or “to the uttermost,” which is better here, as in 1Th 2:16. See on Joh 13:1 and Ryle and James on Ps. Son 1:1. In the Epp. and in Rev. ὑπομονή is freq. as a special virtue of Christians, and it cannot be won without affliction (Rom 5:3). It means courageous endurance without despondency. See Lightfoot on Col 1:11; Trench, Syn. § 53. With this use of οὗτος comp. that in Mar 13:11, Mar 6:16, Mar 12:10; that of ἐκεῖνος in Mar 7:20 is similar. For σωθήσεται in the spiritual sense see Mar 8:35, Mar 10:36.