Hebrews 3:14

For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our confidence firm to the end:

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WEBBE

For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence firm to the end,

BSB

We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly to the end the assurance we had at first.

KJV

For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;

ASV

for we are become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our confidence firm unto the end:

BBE

For if we keep the substance of the faith which we had at the start, even till the end, we have a part with Christ;

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μέτοχοι metochoi Partakers G3353 γὰρ gar for G1063 τοῦ tou (the) G3588 Χριστοῦ Christou of Christ G5547 γεγόναμεν gegonamen we have become G1096 ἐάνπερ eanper if indeed G1437 τὴν tēn from the G3588 ἀρχὴν archēn beginning G746 τῆς tēs of the G3588 ὑποστάσεως hupostaseōs assurance G5287 μέχρι mechri unto G3360 τέλους telous [the] end G5056 βεβαίαν bebaian firm G949 κατάσχωμεν kataschōmen we shall hold G2722

The early church

"For we have been made partakers of Christ." What is this, "We have been made partakers of Christ"? We partake of Him (he means); we were made One, we and He - since He is the Head and we the body, "fellow-heirs and of the same body; we are one body, of His flesh and of His bones." "If we hold fast the beginning of our confidence [or, the principle of our subsistence] steadfast unto the end." What is "the principle of our subsistence"? The faith by which we stand, and have been brought into being and were made to exist, as one may say.
John Chrysostom · d. 407Homilies on Hebrews
Then he suggests hopes to them, saying, "We are made partakers of Christ"; All but saying, He that so loved us, He that counted us worthy of so great things, as to make us His Body, will not suffer us to perish. Let us consider (he says) of what we have been thought worthy: we and Christ are One: let us not then distrust Him. And again, he hints at that which had been said in another place, that "If we suffer, we shall also reign with Him." For this is implied in "We are made partakers," we partake of the same things whereof Christ also partakes. He urges them on from the good things; "for we are," he says, "partakers of Christ."
John Chrysostom · d. 407Homilies on Hebrews

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 14–19

The saints' privilege is, they are made partakers of Christ, that is, of the Spirit, the nature, graces, righteousness, and life of Christ; they are interested in all Christ is, in all he has done, or will do. The same spirit with which Christians set out in the ways of God, they should maintain unto the end. Perseverance in faith is the best evidence of the sincerity of our faith. Hearing the word often is a means of salvation, yet, if not hearkened to, it will expose more to the Divine wrath. The happiness of being partakers of Christ and his complete salvation, and the fear of God's wrath and eternal misery, should stir us up to persevere in the life of obedient faith. Let us beware of trusting to outward privileges or professions, and pray to be numbered with the true believers who enter heaven, when all others fail because of unbelief. As our obedience follows according to the power of our faith, so our sins and want of care are according to the prevailing of unbelief in us.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.