Charles Ellicott Commentary Matthew 10:22

"And ye shall be hated of all men for my name`s sake: but he that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved." — Matthew 10:22 (ASV)

Hated of all men for my name’s sake — Here, as before, these words sketch out the history of the persecution with a precision that marks and attests to the divine foreknowledge. From the days of Stephen to those of the last martyr under Diocletian, it was always as a Christian and for the name of Christ that believers suffered. If they would only renounce that name, everything would have gone smoothly for them. As Tertullian said of the sufferers of his day, “We are tortured when we confess our guilt, we are set free if we deny it, for the battle is about a Name” (Apology, chapter 2; compare 1 Peter 4:16).

He that endureth to the end — That is, as the context shows, to endure in the confession of Christ’s name for as long as the trial lasts, or until the end of one’s life. Such a person will receive “salvation” in its highest sense: the full participation in the blessedness of the kingdom of the Christ.