But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions;
Ver. 32. But call to remembrance] q.d. You cannot utterly fall away, as those above mentioned; forasmuch as you have given good proof already of the reality of your graces.
After ye were illuminated] Till they had a sight of heaven they could not suffer; but no sooner out of the water of baptism, but they were presently in the fire of persecution.