• Matthew 24:9-13
    "Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name's sake. And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another. Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold. But he who endures to the end shall be saved.
     
  • Matthew 10:22-23
    And you will be hated by all for My name's sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved. When they persecute you in this city, flee to another. For assuredly, I say to you, you will not have gone through the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
     
  • Luke 21:36
    Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man."
     
  • Hebrews 4:1-2
    Therefore, since a promise remains of entering His rest, let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short of it. For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to them; but the word which they heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard it.
     
  • Hebrews 10:35-39
    Therefore do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward. For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise:
    "For yet a little while,
    And He who is coming will come and will not tarry.
    Now the just shall live by faith;
    But if anyone draws back,
    My soul has no pleasure in him." But we are not of those who draw back to perdition, but of those who believe to the saving of the soul.
     
  • James 5:7-11
    Therefore be patient, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, waiting patiently for it until it receives the early and latter rain. You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand. Do not grumble against one another, brethren, lest you be condemned. Behold, the Judge is standing at the door! My brethren, take the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord, as an example of suffering and patience. Indeed we count them blessed who endure. You have heard of the perseverance of Job and seen the end intended by the Lord—that the Lord is very compassionate and merciful.
     
  • Mark 13:13
    And you will be hated by all for My name’s sake. But he who endures to the end shall be saved.
     
For more scripture references, please see Bible verses for Enduring to the End


Resources

Will We Endure to the End? (Part Two)

CGG Weekly by Pat Higgins

Enduring to the end depends largely on remembering what God has done, because remembering engenders hope: since God does not change (Malachi 3:6), what He did before He can do again, and He keeps His promise to provide a way of escape (I Corinthians 10:13). Memory is not guaranteed, however. Israel forgot even after the Red Sea …


Will We Endure to the End? (Part One)

CGG Weekly by Pat Higgins

Jesus promises in Matthew 24:13 that "he who endures to the end shall be saved," and the unprecedented trials of Matthew 24:21 will test that endurance. The key to enduring is remembering God's past interventions on one's behalf. A lab rat that had been rescued from a water tank kept swimming far longer than one that had not, …


Enduring to the End

Sermonette by Ryan McClure

The antidote to post-Feast blues is to get our heads in God's Word, meditating on the topic of endurance, thinking about what it takes to endure to the end.


Motivation to Endure

Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by John O. Reid

Salvation depends on individual endurance: "By your patience possess your souls" (Luke 21:19), echoed in Matthew 24:13 and Mark 13:13, promises that those who endure to the end will be saved. Coming trials include deception, wars, famine, betrayal by family, and hatred, and many have already drifted back into the world. Yet none …


Endure to the End of What?

Article by Craig Sablich

Enduring means more than bearing hardship: the Greek words anechōmai and hypomenō carry the sense of standing firm, not fleeing, and persevering under trials. In Matthew 24:13, "the end" is telos , which marks the end of an act or state rather than a period of time. Jesus may therefore be speaking of enduring to the …


Enduring to the End of What?

Sermonette by Craig Sablich

Every previous event and decision in our lives has shaped our resultant character, including the bad decisions that led us down a wrong path.


Principled Living (Part Seven): Enduring to the End

Sermon by Richard T. Ritenbaugh

Enduring to the end is likened to running a marathon: the Christian course is a long haul from calling to glorification, and finishing matters more than how one looks along the way. The key New Testament word is hupomone , "to remain under," drawn from soldiers who held a position or fought a rear-guard action. It means …


Motivation to Endure

Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by John O. Reid

Enduring to the end is an individual responsibility, summed up in Luke 21:19: "By your patience possess your souls," meaning that by persevering through trials, one preserves his life and is saved (Matthew 24:13). Difficult calamities and persecution are coming, yet God controls every trial, will not allow anyone to be tempted …



For more resources, please see the library topic for Enduring to the End