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But the writer refuses to believe that his readers will incur such a fate.
Beloved (ἀγαπητοί)
Only here in the epistle. It often suggests an argument. See 1Co 10:14; 1Co 15:58; 2Co 7:1.
We are persuaded (πεπείσμεθα)
We are firmly convinced. The verb indicates a past hesitation overcome.
Better things (τὰ κρείσσονα)
The article gives a collective force, the better state of things, the going on unto perfection (Heb 6:1). For κρείσσονα better, see on Heb 1:4.
That accompany salvation (ἐχόμενα σωτηρίας)
Ἔχεσθαι with a genitive is a common Greek idiom meaning to hold one's self to a person or thing; hence to be closely joined to it. So in a local sense, Mar 1:38; in a temporal sense, Luk 13:33, next. He is persuaded that they will give heed to all things which attend the work of salvation and will enjoy all that attaches to a saved condition.