Hebrews 3:15

"For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence firm to the end,"

Key Reflection

This verse suggests that genuine faith in Jesus Christ involves a commitment that starts and remains steadfast throughout one's life. By becoming partakers of Christ, believers share in His nature and destiny, but this spiritual union is conditional upon maintaining that initial confidence from start to finish.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verse 15. While it is said, To-day, etc. That is, persevere as long as life lasts, or as long as it can be said "To-day;" and by persevering in this manner you will have evidence that you are the friends of the Redeemer. This is a quotation from Ps 95:7. Paul means, undoubtedly, to make use of this language himself as a direct exhortation to the Christians to whom he was writing. He entreats them, therefore, as long as it could be said "To-day," or as long as life lasted, to take care lest they should harden their hearts, as had been done in the temptation in the wilderness.

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