King James Version
What Does Matthew 24:13 Mean?
“But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.”
Context
11
And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
12
And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
13
But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
14
And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
15
When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)
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Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(13) **He that shall endure unto the end** **. . .**—The words have at once a higher and lower sense. Endurance to the end of life is in every case the condition of salvation, in the full meaning of the word. But the context rather leads us to see in the “end” the close of the period of which our Lord speaks, *i.e.,* the destruction of Jerusalem; and so the words “shall be saved” at least include deliverance from the doom of those who were involved in that destruction.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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