Matthew 10:22

Hated of all men. Those whose lives testify to the power of Christ and the truth of the gospel are often hated, but they must beware lest they repay hatred in kind. All who live godly lives may expect persecution (see John 16:33; 2 Tim. 3:12), the reason being that those whose works are evil resent the condemnation of their ways implicit in the godly lives of Christ’s representatives (see 1 John 3:12). Those whose lives are deliberately out of harmony with principles they know to be right generally avoid associating with those of upright character.

For my name’s sake. See on v. 18.

Endureth to the end. Obviously, the one who falls out of a race before reaching the goal can never expect to receive the prize. To enter the race and to remain in it are both essential to winning the race. It is not sufficient to begin in the Christian way, we must remain in it “until the day of Jesus Christ” (Phil. 1:6). We must “stedfastly set” our faces to the completion of the course marked out for us by God, even as did Jesus, “the author and finisher of our faith” (see Luke 9:51; Heb. 12:2).