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For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our confidence firm to the end:
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The Privilege of Union
Commentators explain that being "partakers of Christ" is a profound privilege. It signifies a deep, spiritual union where believers share in Christ's very nature, righteousness, and life, much like a branch is vitally connected to a vine. This isn't just a title; it's a description of a life-giving relationship that is the foundation of all Christian blessings.
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Hebrews
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For we are made partakers of Christ. We are spiritually united to the Savior. We become one with him. We partake of his Spirit and allotme…
For we are become partakers of Christ (μετοχο γαρ του Χριστου γεγοναμεν). Second perfect active of γινομα, "we have become," not t…
19th Century
Anglican
For. Take heed (Hebrews 3:12) lest there be anything that may lead astray, for we have become partakers of the Chr…
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Baptist
For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end.
You are to hold fast, to hold…
True believers “share in Christ” (cf. 1:9). The author here is stressing the privilege we have in being Christians. He suggests the two sides of a …
16th Century
Protestant
For we are made partakers, etc. He commends them for having begun well; but lest, under the pretext of the grace they had obtaine…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For we are made partakers of Christ Being loved by him, given to him, and chosen in him before the foundation of the…
The saints' privilege is that they are made partakers of Christ—that is, of the Spirit, the nature, graces, righteousness, and life of Christ; they…
13th Century
Catholic
Above, the Apostle showed on the authority of the Psalmist that Christ must be obeyed strictly. In that passage, he found three things: the exhorta…
