6 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.



Ver. 6. Whose house are we] And he is bound (by his own promise) to repair. He also is our dwelling house, Psa_90:1., and by the civil law, De domo sun nemo extrahi debet, aut in ius vocari. A man’s house is his castle.



If we hold fast] See here a just description of the invisible Church of Christ.