But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak.
Ver. 9. But, beloved, we are persuaded] He would not be mistaken. Zuinglius, when he had inveighed against vice, would usually close up his discourse with Probe vir, haec nihil ad te. All this is nothing to thee, thou honest man. (Scult. Annul.) We can hardly beat the dogs out of doors but the children will cry.
Things that accompany salvation] Gr. εχομενα, i.e. κατεχομενα, that have salvation, that comprehend it, are contiguous to it, and touch upon it. Grace and glory differ not but in degree.