H ODIE , ID EST IN DIE N OVI T ESTAMENTI ; VEL OMNI TEMPORE , QUAMDIU DICITUR HODIE , NOLITE OBDURARE CORDA VESTRA : HODIE NAMQUE PRO SEMPITERNO PONITUR , DONEC MUNDUS ET VITA PRAESENS MANET . C OMP . C LEM . A LEX . P ROT . 9 § 84 MEVCRI DE SUNTELEIVA " KAI H SHVMERON KAI H MAVQHSI " DIAMEVNEI , KAI TOVTE H ONTW " SHVMERON , H AJNELLIPH ;" TOU QEOU HMEVRA , TOI '" AIJWSI SUNEKTEIVNETAI . S EE ALSO H EB . 1:5 NOTE .
INA MH SKLHRUNQH TI " ... THAT NO ONE ... BE HARDENED . T HE EFFECT IS HERE ATTRIBUTED TO SIN WHILE MAN IS PASSIVE . I N THE P SALM THE ACTIVITY OF MAN ' S OPPOSITION IS MARKED : MH SKLHRUVNHTE , V . 8 NOTE . T HE ORDER OF THE WORDS TI " EJX UMWN , EJX UMWN TI " , IS DOUBTFUL , AND INVOLVES A DIFFERENCE OF EMPHASIS NOT WITHOUT INTEREST .
AJPAVTH TH '" AMARTIVA " ] S IN IS REPRESENTED AS AN ACTIVE , AGGRESSIVE , POWER : H EB . 12:4. C OMP . R OM . 7:8, 11; ( V . 21; 6:12; 7:17, 20): 2 T HESS . 2:10 AJP . AJDIKIVA " ; J AMES 1:15.
T HE READERS OF THE E PISTLE WERE IN DANGER OF ENTERTAINING FALSE VIEWS OF THE NATURE OF THE PROMISED SALVATION . I T WAS IN THIS FORM THAT SIN ASSAILED THEM , CLOKING ITSELF UNDER THE DRESS OF FAITHFULNESS TO THE PAST .
T HEOPHYLACT GIVES A MORE GENERAL SENSE : AJPAVTH " DE AMARTIVA " KALEI H THN AJPAVTHN TOU DIABOVLOU , TOUTEVSTI TO MH EJLPIVZEIN OTI ESTAI AJNTAPOVDOSI ", H THN AJNALGHSIVAN , TO GAR LEVGEIN OTI LOIPON APAX HMARTON ( LEG . AP . HM . LOIPON )
OUJK ECW EJLPIVDA ", AJPAVTH ONTW " EJSTIN AMARTIVA " .
F OR THE SINGULAR H AMARTIVA SEE H EB . 12:4 NOTE . A DDITIONAL N OTE ON 1:3.
3:14. MEVTOCOI GAVR ...] S UCH AN EXHORTATION HAS A SOLID GROUND TO REST UPON , FOR WE ARE BECOME PARTAKERS IN C HRIST , OR , MORE STRICTLY , IN THE C HRIST , THE HOPE OF OUR FATHERS . W E HAVE BEEN UNITED WITH H IM AND SO WE HAVE BEEN MADE NOW TO PARTAKE IN THE FULNESS OF H IS LIFE (V ULG . PARTICIPES C HRISTI EFFECTI SUMUS ). T HE OLD PROMISES HAVE FOUND FOR US A COMPLETE FULFILMENT , THOUGH UNBELIEF DESTROYS IT OR HIDES IT FROM US . T HE PHRASE CAN ALSO BE RENDERED PARTAKERS WITH C HRIST , I . E . C HRIST ' S FELLOWS (H EB . 1:9; L UKE 5:7); BUT THIS SENSE IS FAR LESS NATURAL HERE , AND , AS FAR AS IT IS APPLICABLE , IT IS INCLUDED IN THE MORE COMPREHENSIVE IDEA .
I N EITHER CASE THE THOUGHT IS OF A BLESSING CONFERRED ( GEGOVNAMEN ), AND NOT SIMPLY OF A BLESSING ENJOYED ( EJSMEVN ). F OR THE FORM MET . GEGOVNAMEN AS CONTRASTED WITH METESCHVKAMEN (H EB . 7:13), SEE H EB . 2:2 NOTE .
T HE FORM O CRISTOV " OCCURS AGAIN 5:5; 6:1; 9:14, 28; 11:26. S EE A DDITIONAL N OTE ON 1:4.
F OR MEVTOCOI SEE V . 1 NOTE . C HRYSOSTOM THUS PARAPHRASES THE WORDS : METEVCOMEN AUJTOU ', FHSIVN , EN EJGENOVMEQA HMEI '" KAI AUJTOV ", EIPER , AUJTO ;" MEN KEFALH SWMA DE HMEI '", SUGKLHRONOVMOI KAI SUVSSWMOI . A ND P RIMASIUS MORE FULLY : C HRISTO PARTICIPAMUR ET JUNGIMUR , UTPOTE UNUM ET IN ILLO EXISTENTES ; SIQUIDEM HOC PARTICIPAMUR ILLI QUIA IPSE CAPUT NOSTRUM ET NOS MEMBRA ILLIUS , COHAEREDES ET CONCORPORALES ILLI SECUNDUM SPIRITALEM HOMINEM , QUI CREATUS EST IN IPSO . I N EO ETIAM PARTICIPAMUR , QUIA CORPUS ET SANGUINEM EJUS SUMIMUS AD REDEMPTIONEM NOSTRAM .
EJAVNPER ...] IF AT LEAST ... T HE PARTICLE IS NOT FOUND IN THE LXX. and occurs again in N. T. in Heb. 6:3 (not v. 6) only. That which has been stated as a fact ( gegovnamen ) is now made conditional in its permanence on the