Mark 13:13

13:13 You will be hated by everyone because of my name. ¹  But the one who endures to the end will be saved. ² 

Mark 13:20

13:20 And if the Lord had not cut short those days, no one would be saved. But because of the elect, whom he chose, he has cut them ³  short.

Mark 15:31

15:31 In the same way even the chief priests – together with the experts in the law ⁴  – were mocking him among themselves: ⁵  “He saved others, but he cannot save himself!

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¹ sn See 1 Cor 1:25-31.

² sn But the one who endures to the end will be saved. Jesus was not claiming here that salvation is by works, because he had already taught that it is by grace (cf. 10:15). He was simply arguing that genuine faith evidences itself in persistence through even the worst of trials.

³ tn Grk “the days.”

⁴ tn Or “with the scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 1:22. Only “chief priests” is in the nominative case; this sentence structure attempts to capture this emphasis.

⁵ tn Grk “Mocking him, the chief priests…said among themselves.”