Hebrews 3:14

KJV

For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;

— Hebrews 3:14, King James Version
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The conditional 'we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast unto the end' introduces the Hebrews pattern of perseverance-as-evidence-of-genuine-participation that runs through chapters 3-6 and 10-12. The Greek 'metochoi' (partakers, sharers) echoes 1:9 (Christ anointed above his metochoi, companions) and 6:4 (those who were once metochoi of the Holy Spirit), framing the Christian community as those admitted to the eschatological feast. The 'beginning of confidence' (archēn tēs hypostaseōs) is debated: either the foundational assurance received at conversion or the initial act of faith itself — either way, it must remain 'steadfast' (bebaian) to the end. Hebrews uses this conditional structure not to generate anxious uncertainty but as a hortatory device to motivate perseverance in communities facing social pressure to apostatise.

Другие переводы

ASV

for we are become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our confidence firm unto the end:

YLT

for partakers we have become of the Christ, if the beginning of the confidence unto the end we may hold fast,

BBE

For if we keep the substance of the faith which we had at the start, even till the end, we have a part with Christ;

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