Verse 10
10. For Grounds of this favourable hope. You have in some points done so well that God will afford you abundant enabling grace to persevere, if you use it.
Unrighteous The word must not, with Stuart, be softened to unkind. God holds himself righteously bound to grant more grace for grace well used. The man who does a measure of sincere duty may lay hold of God’s righteousness as pledged to aid him, in accordance and without measure. And the writer goes on to show that God is pledged by both word and oath.
Forget Not to be forgetful, but to consign to oblivion by an instant act.
Work… love More authoritative reading, labour and love. Their labour was not dead works, (Hebrews 6:1,) but was animated with love.
His name For God holds your labour as done to himself. The name of God often stands, reverently, for God himself. Romans 15:9; Acts 19:17; Matthew 12:21.
Ministered to the saints Either to their own poor in Jerusalem, or to Christians visiting and sojourning there. Jerusalem was the Christian as well as Jewish metropolis, and crowds of Christians would visit it, especially on great festival days, needing hospitality. This rendered it desirable that the “poor saints” at Jerusalem should be aided by other churches. Note on Acts 2:5.
Do minister You still persevere; and, while you do so, there is strong ground of hope. Your real danger is, that the popular contempt of Christ will shake your faith.
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