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This commentary series is established on the presupposition that the theological character of the New Testament documents calls for exegesis that is sensitive to theological themes as well as to the details of the historical, linguistic, and textual context. Such thorough exegetical work lies at the heart of these volumes, which contain detailed verse-by-verse commentary preceded by general...

positive statement: TEV “And then they abandoned their faith!” (cf. Sproule, who translates “who have fallen away”; cf. NJB, NRSV, REB). The second extreme would lead also to a distortion of → v. 9, which probably means, not “I have confidence about you, though not about others,” but “you are in danger, but I have confidence that you will escape.” The author, here as earlier, maintains a balance between describing his readers as sharing in Christ and in the blessings of faith (3:1, 14), and
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