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We desire that each one of you may show the same diligence to the fullness of hope even to the end,
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Hope is Cultivated, Not Passive
Commentators stress that the 'full assurance of hope' is not a mystical feeling that simply appears. It is the result of showing 'the same diligence' in holy living and faith throughout one's life. This confident hope is the fruit of a consistent, active Christian walk, balancing love for others with unwavering faith toward God.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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…
And we desire (επιθυμουμεν δε). Literary plural again like πεπεισμεθα (6:9). He is not wholly satisfied with them as he had alread…
19th Century
Anglican
Full assurance.—Rather, fullness (full productiveness) of hope (Hebrews 10:22). His desire is that t…
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Baptist
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…
16th Century
Protestant
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…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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…
13th Century
Catholic
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…
