ACC ~ Hebrews 3 v14

WE HAVE COME TO BE THROUGH FAITH. CHRYSOSTOM: What is the beginning of confidence? It means faith, through which we subsisted and have come to be and have been made to share in being. ON THE EPISTLE TO THE HEBREWS 6.4.

BAPTISM IS OUR FIRST CONFIDENCE. THEODORET OF CYR: We shared in death with Christ the Lord through all-holy baptism, and after being buried with him we prefigured the resurrection, provided of course we kept faith firm. He referred to this by the phrase “first confidence.” Through it we were renewed, we were joined to Christ the Lord, and we shared the grace of the all-holy Spirit. INTERPRETATION OF HEBREWS 3.

PARTAKERS IN CHRIST’S HYPOSTASIS. THEODORE OF MOPSUESTIA: He says that those who have believed and shared in the Spirit have become partakers in Christ’s “hypostasis” in that they have received a certain natural communion with him. Now there remains the task of preserving this foundation with a pure resolve. COMMENTARY ON HEBREWS 3.12-13.

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