7. Remember--so as to imitate: not to invoke in prayer, as Rome teaches.
      have the rule--rather, "who have had the rule over you": your spiritual leaders.
      who--Greek, "the which": such persons as.
      have spoken unto you--"spake" (so the Greek aorist means) during their lifetime. This Epistle was among those written later, when many of the heads of the JerusalemChurch had passed away.
      whose faith--even unto death: probably death by martyrdom, as in the case of the instances of faith in Heb 11:35. Stephen, James the brother of our Lord and bishop of Jerusalem, as well as James the brother of John (Ac 12:2), in the Palestinian Church, which Paul addresses, suffered martyrdom.
      considering--Greek, "looking up to," "diligently contemplating all over," as an artist would a model.
      the end--the termination, at death. The Greek, is used of decease (Lu 9:31; 2Pe 1:15).
      of their conversation--"manner of life": "religious walk" (Ga 1:13; Eph 4:22; 1Ti 4:12; Jas 3:13). Considering how they manifested the soundness of their faith by their holy walk, which they maintained even to the end of that walk (their death by martyrdom).

JFB.