Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Whose house are we (ou oikov esmen hmeiv). We Christians (Jew and Gentile) looked at as a whole, not as a local organization.
If we hold fast (ean katasxwmen). Condition of third class with ean and second aorist (effective) active subjunctive of katexw. This note of contingency and doubt runs all through the Epistle. We are God's house if we do not play the traitor and desert.
Boldness (parrhsian)
and glorying (kai kauxhma) some had lost. The author makes no effort to reconcile this warning with God's elective purpose. He is not exhorting God, but these wavering Christians. All these are Pauline words. B does not have mexri telouv bebaian (firm unto the end), but it is clearly genuine in verse Hebrews 3:14. He pleads for intelligent confidence.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Hebrews 3:3
Hebrews 3:14
Hebrews 6:11
Hebrews 9:16
Hebrews 10:19
Hebrews 10:23
1 Peter 2:5
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