Verse 3
The readers should think upon Jesus so they might not grow tired of persevering and lose heart. Meditation on Jesus and the cross encourage us to continue to follow God’s will faithfully. It is natural for us to overestimate the severity of our trials, and the writer did not want us to do this.
"The clear implication for the audience is that if they were to relinquish their commitment to Christ under the pressure of persistent opposition they would express active opposition against themselves (as in Hebrews 6:6!), just as did Jesus’ tormentors [cf. Hebrews 10:38-39]." [Note: Lane, Hebrews 9-13, pp. 416-17.]
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