must have forgotten his baptism, and is in danger of relapsing into his preChristian condition (2:22). For this implication of baptism, cf. Rom 6:1–14; 1 Cor 6:9–11; Herm. Man. 4:3:2 (“he who has received remission of sins in baptism ought no longer to sin, but to dwell in purity”); 2 Clem 6:9 (“with what confidence shall we, if we do not keep our baptism pure and undefiled, enter the kingdom of God?”). 10. διὸ μαλλὸν, ἀδελφοί, σπουδάσατε “Therefore, my brothers, make all the more effort.” ἀδελφοί