And we desire (επιθυμουμεν δε). Literary plural again like πεπεισμεθα (6:9). He is not wholly satisfied with them as he had alread…

And we desire that every one of you. We wish that every member of the church should exhibit the same endeavor to do good, until they attai…

Full assurance.—Rather, fullness (full productiveness) of hope (Hebrews 10:22). His desire is that t…

Keep it up; be as earnest today as you were twenty years ago, when you were baptized and joined the church: Show the same diligence unto the en…

“We want” (GK 2121) refers to strong desire. The writer was passionately concerned for his friends (see v.9), and we see it again in his desire for…

And we desire, and so on. Just as he tempered his exhortation, so that he would not completely grieve their minds, so now he free…

And we desire that everyone of you do show the same diligence In the constant exercise of the g…

The hope referred to here is a confident expectation of good things promised, an expectation that comes through those promises and is accompanied b…

Because the Apostle had said many seemingly harsh things about their state, he now writes to keep them from despair, showing the intention he had i…