11And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:
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And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; …
By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. …
But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.
For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 9-20)The apostle, having applied himself to the fears of the Hebrews, in order to excite their diligence and prevent their apostasy, now proceeds to apply himself to their hopes, and candidly declares the good hope he had concerning them, that they would persevere; and proposes to them the great encouragements they had in the way of their duty. I. He freely and openly declares the good hope he had conc…
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