(8) For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the (k) beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
(8) Now he considers these words, "If you hear his voice" showing that they are spoken and meant of the hearing of faith, opposite which he places hardening through unbelief.
(k) That beginning of trust and confidence: in the speech of the Hebrews, he calls "beginning" that which is chiefest.