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NASB (UPDATED) TEXT: Mat_10:21-22
21Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against his parents and cause them to be put to death. 22You will be hated by all because of My name, but it is the one who has endured to the end who will be saved.
Mat_10:21 This speaks of the radical commitment necessary for discipleship which supersedes even family love and often caused confrontation within families (cf. Mat_10:34-39).
Mat_10:22 "you will be hated by all because of My name" Persecution was expected for disciples of Jesus (cf. Mat_5:10-12; Joh_15:18-21; Joh_16:1-3; Joh_17:14; Act_14:22; Rom_5:3-4; Rom_8:17; 2Co_4:16-18; 2Co_6:3-10; 2Co_11:23-30; Php_1:29; 1Th_3:3; 2Ti_3:12; Jas_1:2-4; and all of 1 Peter.
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▣ "it is the one who has endured to the end who will be saved" The doctrine of the "perseverance" (see Special Topic below) is as biblical as "the security of the believers!" (cf. Mat_24:13; Gal_6:9; Rev_2:7; Rev_2:11; Rev_2:17; Rev_2:26; Rev_3:5; Rev_3:12; Rev_21:7). We must affirm both truths, even though they cause doctrinal tension! Doctrines are given in tension-filled relationship to other doctrines, not isolated truths. The best illustration is that biblical truth is revealed as constellations of stars, not as single stars. We must focus on the patterns of the whole of biblical revelation.
"End" (telos) refers to the end of this age (cf. Mat_24:6; Mat_24:13-14). "Saved" can be understood in its OT sense of physical deliverance or its NT sense of spiritual salvation.
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