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Heb 6:11. Ἐπιθυμοῦμεν δὲ, moreover we desire) therefore we thus speak.-ἕκαστον, every one) not merely as you have hitherto done, in common [jointly, but also individually],-τὴν αὐτὴν) the same in hope and faith, as in love. This epistle rather held the necessity of urging faith; that of James, works: ch. Heb 10:36, Heb 13:7.-ἐνδείκνυσθαι, to show) The verb is repeated from Heb 6:10.-πρὸς) i.e. as far as concerns.-τὴν πληροφορίαν τῆς ἐλπίδος, the full assurance of hope) Long-suffering is closely connected with it, Heb 6:12. So ἐν πληροφορίᾳ πίστεως, in full assurance of faith, ch. Heb 10:22 : and Paul often, for example, Rom 4:21. Πληροφορία, as it were, a full march, implies fulness either of employment, 2Ti 4:5; 2Ti 4:17, or [full persuasion] of the mind, 1Th 1:5, and in this passage; Ecc 8:11, LXX.-ἄχρι, even unto) Construed with ἐνδείκνυσθαι, to show.