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<a href="/nkjv/hebrews/3.htm">New King James Version</a> For we have become partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end, <a href="/nasb_/hebrews/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> For we have become partakers of Christ if we keep the beginning of our commitment firm until the end, <a href="/nasb/hebrews/3.htm">NASB 1995</a> For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our assurance firm until the end, <a href="/nasb77/hebrews/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a> For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our assurance firm until the end; <a href="/lsb/hebrews/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our assurance firm until the end, <a href="/amp/hebrews/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a> For we [believers] have become partakers of Christ [sharing in all that the Messiah has for us], if only we hold firm our newborn confidence [which originally led us to Him] until the end, <a href="/csb/hebrews/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> For we have become participants in Christ if we hold firmly until the end the reality that we had at the start. <a href="/hcsb/hebrews/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> For we have become companions of the Messiah if we hold firmly until the end the reality that we had at the start. <a href="/asv/hebrews/3.htm">American Standard Version</a> for we are become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our confidence firm unto the end: <a href="/cev/hebrews/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> We were sure about Christ when we first became his people. So let's hold tightly to our faith until the end. <a href="/erv/hebrews/3.htm">English Revised Version</a> for we are become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our confidence firm unto the end: <a href="/gwt/hebrews/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> After all, we will remain Christ's partners only if we continue to hold on to our original confidence until the end. <a href="/gnt/hebrews/3.htm">Good News Translation</a> For we are all partners with Christ if we hold firmly to the end the confidence we had at the beginning. <a href="/isv/hebrews/3.htm">International Standard Version</a> because we are the Messiah's partners only if we hold on to our original confidence to the end. <a href="/msb/hebrews/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly to the end the assurance we had at first. <a href="/net/hebrews/3.htm">NET Bible</a> For we have become partners with Christ, if in fact we hold our initial confidence firm until the end. <a href="/nheb/hebrews/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our confidence firm to the end: <a href="/wbt/hebrews/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end; <a href="/wey/hebrews/3.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> For we have, all alike, become sharers with Christ, if we really hold our first confidence firm to the End; <a href="/web/hebrews/3.htm">World English Bible</a> For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence firm to the end, <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/hebrews/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> for we have become partakers of the Christ, if we may hold fast the confidence [we had] at the beginning to the end, <a href="/blb/hebrews/3.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> For we have become partakers of Christ, if indeed we should hold firm unto the end the assurance from the beginning. <a href="/ylt/hebrews/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> for partakers we have become of the Christ, if the beginning of the confidence unto the end we may hold fast, <a href="/slt/hebrews/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> For we have been partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our foundation firm to the end;<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/hebrews/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> For we are made partakers of Christ: yet so, if we hold the beginning of his substance firm unto the end. <a href="/cpdv/hebrews/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> For we have been made participants in Christ. This is only so, if we firmly retain the beginning of his substance, even unto the end. <a href="/nabre/hebrews/3.htm">New American Bible</a> We have become partners of Christ if only we hold the beginning of the reality firm until the end, <a href="/nrsvce/hebrews/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> For we have become partners of Christ, if only we hold our first confidence firm to the end.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/hebrews/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> For we are made partakers of Christ, if from the beginning to the very end we hold steadfast to this true covenant, <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/hebrews/3.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> For we have been joined with The Messiah, if we shall hold fast to this true Covenant from the beginning to the end,<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/hebrews/3.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> For we are partakers of the Christ, if we hold our begun confidence firm to the end; <a href="/godbey/hebrews/3.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> for we have been made partakers of Christ, if indeed we may hold fast the beginning of confidence firm unto the end. <a href="/haweis/hebrews/3.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> For we are partakers with Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence firm unto the end; <a href="/mace/hebrews/3.htm">Mace New Testament</a> for we were receiv'd into the communion of Christ, upon condition of inviolably maintaining the hope we had at the beginning even unto the end, <a href="/wey/hebrews/3.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> For we have, all alike, become sharers with Christ, if we really hold our first confidence firm to the End; <a href="/worrell/hebrews/3.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> for we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our confidence firm to the end: <a href="/worsley/hebrews/3.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> for we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold fast our first confidence firm unto the end; inasmuch as it is said, <a href="/parallel/hebrews/3-14.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/x-IAXXp5zcA?start=434" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/hebrews/3.htm">The Peril of Unbelief</a> …13But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness. 14<a href="/greek/1063.htm" title="1063: gar (Conj) -- For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason."></a> <a href="/greek/1096.htm" title="1096: gegonamen (V-RIA-1P) -- A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude.">We have come</a> <a href="/greek/3353.htm" title="3353: Metochoi (Adj-NMP) -- A sharer, partner, associate. From metecho; participant, i.e. a sharer; by implication, an associate.">to share</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/5547.htm" title="5547: Christou (N-GMS) -- Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. From chrio; Anointed One, i.e. The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus.">in Christ</a> <a href="/greek/1437.htm" title="1437: eanper (Conj) -- If. From ei and an; a conditional particle; in case that, provided, etc.">if</a> <a href="/greek/2722.htm" title="2722: kataschōmen (V-ASA-1P) -- From kata and echo; to hold down, in various applications.">we hold</a> <a href="/greek/949.htm" title="949: bebaian (Adj-AFS) -- Firm, steadfast, enduring, sure, certain. From the base of basis; stable.">firmly</a> <a href="/greek/3360.htm" title="3360: mechri (Prep) -- As far as, until, even to. ">to</a> <a href="/greek/5056.htm" title="5056: telous (N-GNS) -- (a) an end, (b) event or issue, (c) the principal end, aim, purpose, (d) a tax. ">the end</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēs (Art-GFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/5287.htm" title="5287: hypostaseōs (N-GFS) -- From a compound of hupo and histemi; a setting under, i.e. concretely, essence, or abstractly, assurance.">assurance</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēn (Art-AFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/746.htm" title="746: archēn (N-AFS) -- From archomai; a commencement, or chief.">we had at first.</a> 15As it has been said: “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/hebrews/10-23.htm">Hebrews 10:23</a> Let us hold resolutely to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful. <a href="/hebrews/6-11.htm">Hebrews 6:11-12</a> We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, in order to make your hope sure. / Then you will not be sluggish, but will imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised. <a href="/1_corinthians/1-8.htm">1 Corinthians 1:8-9</a> He will sustain you to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. / God, who has called you into fellowship with His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful. <a href="/philippians/1-6.htm">Philippians 1:6</a> being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. <a href="/colossians/1-23.htm">Colossians 1:23</a> if indeed you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope of the gospel you heard, which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant. <a href="/1_john/2-24.htm">1 John 2:24</a> As for you, let what you have heard from the beginning remain in you. If it does, you will also remain in the Son and in the Father. <a href="/1_peter/1-5.htm">1 Peter 1:5</a> who through faith are shielded by God’s power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. <a href="/romans/11-22.htm">Romans 11:22</a> Take notice, therefore, of the kindness and severity of God: severity to those who fell, but kindness to you, if you continue in His kindness. Otherwise you also will be cut off. <a href="/2_timothy/2-12.htm">2 Timothy 2:12</a> if we endure, we will also reign with Him; if we deny Him, He will also deny us; <a href="/matthew/24-13.htm">Matthew 24:13</a> But the one who perseveres to the end will be saved. <a href="/revelation/2-25.htm">Revelation 2:25-26</a> than to hold fast to what you have until I come. / And to the one who overcomes and continues in My work until the end, I will give authority over the nations. <a href="/revelation/3-11.htm">Revelation 3:11</a> I am coming soon. Hold fast to what you have, so that no one will take your crown. <a href="/1_corinthians/15-2.htm">1 Corinthians 15:2</a> By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain. <a href="/2_corinthians/1-7.htm">2 Corinthians 1:7</a> And our hope for you is sure, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you will share in our comfort. <a href="/galatians/6-9.htm">Galatians 6:9</a> Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end;we are.<a href="/hebrews/3-1.htm">Hebrews 3:1</a> Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;<a href="/hebrews/6-4.htm">Hebrews 6:4</a> For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,<a href="/hebrews/12-10.htm">Hebrews 12:10</a> For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.if.<a href="/hebrews/3-6.htm">Hebrews 3:6</a> But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.<a href="/hebrews/6-11.htm">Hebrews 6:11</a> And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/hebrews/2-14.htm">Alike</a> <a href="/1_timothy/3-13.htm">Assurance</a> <a href="/hebrews/1-10.htm">Beginning</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-6.htm">Christ</a> <a href="/hebrews/1-9.htm">Companions</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-6.htm">Confidence</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-6.htm">End</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-5.htm">Faith</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-6.htm">Fast</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-6.htm">Firm</a> <a href="/titus/1-9.htm">Firmly</a> <a href="/hebrews/2-3.htm">First</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-6.htm">Hold</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-5.htm">Indeed</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-1.htm">Partakers</a> <a href="/2_timothy/2-19.htm">Really</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-1.htm">Share</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-1.htm">Sharers</a> <a href="/galatians/3-3.htm">Start</a> <a href="/hebrews/2-2.htm">Steadfast</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-5.htm">Stedfast</a> <a href="/hebrews/1-3.htm">Substance</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/18-25.htm">Alike</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-11.htm">Assurance</a> <a href="/hebrews/7-3.htm">Beginning</a> <a href="/hebrews/5-5.htm">Christ</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-33.htm">Companions</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-16.htm">Confidence</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-8.htm">End</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-19.htm">Faith</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-14.htm">Fast</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-19.htm">Firm</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-14.htm">Firmly</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-6.htm">First</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-14.htm">Hold</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-16.htm">Indeed</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-4.htm">Partakers</a> <a href="/hebrews/5-12.htm">Really</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-7.htm">Share</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-33.htm">Sharers</a> <a href="/1_peter/4-17.htm">Start</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-19.htm">Steadfast</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-19.htm">Stedfast</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-34.htm">Substance</a><div class="vheading2">Hebrews 3</div>1. <a href="/hebrews/3-1.htm">Christ is more worthy than Moses;</a> 7. <a href="/hebrews/3-7.htm">therefore if we believe not in him, we shall be more worthy punishment than hardhearted Israel.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Sharing in Christ implies a deep, spiritual connection, akin to the vine and branches metaphor in <a href="/john/15-5.htm">John 15:5</a>. It suggests participation in His life, sufferings, and glory (<a href="/romans/8-17.htm">Romans 8:17</a>). The concept of sharing in Christ also reflects the communal aspect of the early church, where believers were united in faith and purpose (<a href="/acts/2-42.htm">Acts 2:42-47</a>).if we hold firmly The conditional "if" introduces the necessity of perseverance in the Christian faith. Holding firmly suggests steadfastness and commitment, echoing the exhortation in <a href="/1_corinthians/15-58.htm">1 Corinthians 15:58</a> to be "steadfast, immovable." This perseverance is not merely human effort but is empowered by the Holy Spirit (<a href="/philippians/2-12.htm">Philippians 2:12-13</a>). The historical context of Hebrews, written to Jewish Christians facing persecution, underscores the importance of remaining faithful despite trials.to the end This phrase highlights the importance of enduring faith. The "end" can be understood as the end of one's life or the culmination of history at Christ's return. The call to endure is a recurring theme in Hebrews (<a href="/hebrews/12.htm">Hebrews 12:1-2</a>) and throughout the New Testament (<a href="/matthew/24-13.htm">Matthew 24:13</a>). It reflects the eschatological hope of believers, who look forward to the fulfillment of God's promises.the assurance we had at first The "assurance" refers to the confidence and certainty of faith that believers initially experience upon accepting Christ. This assurance is rooted in the truth of the Gospel and the witness of the Holy Spirit (<a href="/romans/8-16.htm">Romans 8:16</a>). The exhortation to maintain this initial assurance suggests a return to the fervor and conviction of one's early faith, as seen in <a href="/revelation/2-4.htm">Revelation 2:4-5</a>, where the church in Ephesus is called to return to its first love.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/c/christ.htm">Christ</a> Central figure in Christianity, the Messiah, whose life and teachings are the foundation of the Christian faith. In this verse, sharing in Christ implies a deep, abiding relationship with Him. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_author_of_hebrews.htm">The Author of Hebrews</a> Traditionally attributed to Paul, though the exact authorship is uncertain. The author writes to Jewish Christians, encouraging them to remain steadfast in their faith. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_recipients.htm">The Recipients</a> Jewish Christians who were facing persecution and were tempted to revert to Judaism. The letter aims to strengthen their faith in Christ. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_wilderness_generation.htm">The Wilderness Generation</a> The Israelites who wandered in the desert for 40 years due to their unbelief and disobedience. They serve as a warning example in the context of <a href="/bsb/hebrews/3.htm">Hebrews 3</a>. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_early_church.htm">The Early Church</a> The community of believers in the first century who were establishing the foundations of Christian doctrine and practice.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/p/perseverance_in_faith.htm">Perseverance in Faith</a> The Greek word for "hold firmly" (katech?) implies a strong, unwavering grip. Believers are called to maintain their faith with determination and resolve. <a href="/topical/a/assurance_of_salvation.htm">Assurance of Salvation</a> The "assurance we had at first" refers to the initial confidence and joy experienced upon accepting Christ. This assurance should be nurtured and protected throughout one's spiritual journey. <a href="/topical/c/community_and_accountability.htm">Community and Accountability</a> Sharing in Christ is not an individual endeavor but a communal one. Believers are encouraged to support and hold each other accountable in their faith walk. <a href="/topical/w/warning_against_unbelief.htm">Warning Against Unbelief</a> The wilderness generation serves as a cautionary tale. Just as they failed to enter the Promised Land due to unbelief, Christians are warned against the dangers of falling away. <a href="/topical/e/endurance_and_reward.htm">Endurance and Reward</a> The promise of sharing in Christ is contingent upon enduring to the end. This endurance is both a personal responsibility and a divine empowerment.<a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/hebrews/3.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(14) For.--Take heed (<a href="/hebrews/3-12.htm" title="Take heed, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.">Hebrews 3:12</a>) lest there be anything that may lead astray, for we have become partakers of the Christ if (and only if) we hold the beginning of our confidence firm unto the end. In <a href="/hebrews/3-6.htm" title="But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm to the end.">Hebrews 3:6</a>, since Israel had been spoken of as God's house, the Christian hope finds expression in "whose house are we," Here the comparison with Israel journeying to the land of promise suggests another figure, and all blessing is summed up in becoming "partakers of the Christ," foretold and expected as the Fulfiller of all promises. Two different words in the two verses are rendered "confidence" in the Authorised version. The former, as we have seen (<a href="/hebrews/3-6.htm" title="But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm to the end.">Hebrews 3:6</a>), is "boldness;" the latter (here used) is applied to men who make a firm stand when attacked, who stand firmly under pressure. In the first energy of the new life such firm constancy had been shown by them (<a href="/context/hebrews/10-32.htm" title="But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after you were illuminated, you endured a great fight of afflictions;">Hebrews 10:32-34</a>); but would it be maintained "unto the end"?<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/hebrews/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 14. - For we are become partakers (or, patterers) of Christ, if only we hold fast the beginning of our confidence firm unto the end. This is a repetition in another form of the assertion of our position as Christians, with the appended condition, in ver. 6. It is a question whether μέτοχοι Ξριστοῦ means that we partake of Christ as being in communion with him, or that we are partakers with him of the glory he has won for us (cf. συγκληρονόμοι Ξριστοῦ, <a href="/romans/8-17.htm">Romans 8:17</a>). The first is undoubtedly the ordinary sense of μέτοχος with a genitive in classical Greek, and generally in the New Testament (cf. e.g. infra, <a href="/hebrews/6-4.htm">Hebrews 6:4</a>, Μετόχους Πνεύματος ἁγίου), and is on this ground maintained by Bleek, Alford, and others; but in the LXX. μέτοχος, followed by a genitive, is as undoubtedly used for" partner" or "companion;" cf. <a href="/psalms/119-63.htm">Psalm 119:63</a>, Μέτοχος ἐγὼ εἰμι πάντων τῶν φοβουμένων σε: <a href="/hosea/4-17.htm">Hosea 4:17</a>, Μέτοχος εἰδώλων: and especially <a href="/psalms/45-7.htm">Psalm 45:7</a>, Μέτοχους σου, which has been already cited (<a href="/hebrews/1-9.htm">Hebrews 1:9</a>), and justifies, as it may prove suggested, the expression in this sense here. Cf. also in the New Testament, <a href="/luke/5-7.htm">Luke 5:7</a>, where μετόχος, though without an expressed genitive following, occurs in the sense of "partner." Further, the second sense accords better than the first with the view of our relation to Christ so far set forth in the Epistle. (2) On the word ὑπόστασις (translated "confidence"), see what was said under Hebrews 1:3. All the ancient interpreters understood it here in the same general sense as in the former passage - that of substance or subsistence, either as denoting our subsistence as members of Christ, or our faith regarded as the substance of our Christian life, or with other modifications of the general meaning. Modern commentators agree in understanding merely the sense in which the word is found to be commonly used by the Alexandrian writers - that of confidence, derived from the physical conception of a firm foundation. It thus corresponds with the παῥῤησίαν of ver. 6. (3) "The beginning" (τὴν ἀρχὴν) of this confidence refers to the earlier stage of the experiences of the Hebrew Christians, before their faith had shown any signs of wavering. There is no sufficient ground for Ebrard's inference from this expression, that the Epistle was not addressed to the Hebrew Church at large, which was the oldest of all Churches, but to "a circle of catechumens and neophytes." The phrase does not imply that the "beginning" was recent. All it need mean is, "Go on as you began." Further, we find, in <a href="/hebrews/5-12.htm">Hebrews 5:12</a>, a distinct intimation that the Church addressed is one of old standing. (4) "Unto the end "may have an individual reference to the end of life, or (the Church being addressed as a community expecting the second advent) a general one to the close of the period of grace during which "it is called Today." <a href="/commentaries/hebrews/3-14.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>We have come γεγόναμεν (gegonamen) Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1096.htm">Strong's 1096: </a> A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude. to share Μέτοχοι (Metochoi) Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3353.htm">Strong's 3353: </a> A sharer, partner, associate. From metecho; participant, i.e. a sharer; by implication, an associate. in Christ Χριστοῦ (Christou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5547.htm">Strong's 5547: </a> Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. From chrio; Anointed One, i.e. The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus. if ἐάνπερ (eanper) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_1437.htm">Strong's 1437: </a> If. From ei and an; a conditional particle; in case that, provided, etc. we hold κατάσχωμεν (kataschōmen) Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 1st Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2722.htm">Strong's 2722: </a> From kata and echo; to hold down, in various applications. firmly βεβαίαν (bebaian) Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_949.htm">Strong's 949: </a> Firm, steadfast, enduring, sure, certain. From the base of basis; stable. to μέχρι (mechri) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_3360.htm">Strong's 3360: </a> As far as, until, even to. [the] end τέλους (telous) Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5056.htm">Strong's 5056: </a> (a) an end, (b) event or issue, (c) the principal end, aim, purpose, (d) a tax. the τῆς (tēs) Article - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. assurance ὑποστάσεως (hypostaseōs) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5287.htm">Strong's 5287: </a> From a compound of hupo and histemi; a setting under, i.e. concretely, essence, or abstractly, assurance. [we had] at first. ἀρχὴν (archēn) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_746.htm">Strong's 746: </a> From archomai; a commencement, or chief. <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/hebrews/3-14.htm">Hebrews 3:14 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/hebrews/3-14.htm">Hebrews 3:14 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/hebrews/3-14.htm">Hebrews 3:14 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/hebrews/3-14.htm">Hebrews 3:14 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/hebrews/3-14.htm">Hebrews 3:14 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/hebrews/3-14.htm">Hebrews 3:14 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/hebrews/3-14.htm">Hebrews 3:14 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/hebrews/3-14.htm">Hebrews 3:14 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/hebrews/3-14.htm">Hebrews 3:14 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/hebrews/3-14.htm">Hebrews 3:14 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-14.htm">NT Letters: Hebrews 3:14 For we have become partakers of Christ (Heb. He. 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