23.
(Heb 3:6, 14; 4:14.)
profession--Greek, "confession."
our faith--rather as Greek, "our hope"; which is indeed
faith exercised as to the future inheritance. Hope rests
on faith, and at the same time quickens faith, and is the ground
of our bold confession
(1Pe 3:15).
Hope is similarly
(Heb 10:22)
connected with purification
(1Jo 3:3).
without wavering--without declension
(Heb 3:14),
"steadfast unto the end."
he--God is faithful to His promises
(Heb 6:17, 18;
11:11; 12:26, 28;
1Co 1:9; 10:13;
1Th 5:24;
2Th 3:3;
see also Christ's promise,
Joh 12:26);
but man is too often unfaithful to his duties.
JFB.
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