Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Hebrews 6:9

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9. beloved —appositely here introduced; LOVE to you prompts me in the strong warnings I have just given, not that I entertain unfavorable thoughts of you; nay, I anticipate better things of you; Greek " the things which are better"; that ye are not thorn-bearing, or nigh unto cursing, and doomed unto burning, but heirs of salvation in accordance with God's faithfulness ( :- ). we are persuaded —on good grounds; the result of proof. Compare :- , "I myself am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye are full of goodness. " A confirmation of the Pauline authorship of this Epistle. things that accompany — Greek, "things that hold by," that is, are close unto "salvation." Things that are linked unto salvation (compare :- ). In opposition to "nigh unto cursing." though — Greek, "if even we thus speak." "For it is better to make you afraid with words, that ye may not suffer in fact." return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-10" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-heb-6-002

절 (explains)

bible-text/heb-6-9

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
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