and watchfulness we are very ready to decay in and fall from. And in this sense it is here used. The remainder of the words, μέχρι τέλους βεβαίαν κατάσχωμεν, “Hold steadfast unto the end,” have been opened on verse 6, and we need not again insist upon them. I shall only add, that the apostle joining himself here with the Hebrews in this matter, “We are partakers, if we hold fast,” he shows that this is a general and perpetual rule for professors to attend unto, and the touchstone of their profession,