Photios I of Constantinople : He says, "Not having joined themselves to the things they heard," that is, the things they believed. How was it possible for them to be joined to those things? "By faith," he says, that is, through faith. For if the latter had believed as the former had, they would have been joined together into one, since their faith would have joined them together and blended them together. — FRAGMENTS ON THE EPISTLE TO THE Hebrews 4.2 Theodoret of Cyrus : Hearing the words does not suffice for salvation; accepting it in faith is necessary, and holding it firm. After all, what benefit was God's promise to those who received it, but did not receive it faithfully, trust in the power of God or, as it were, associate closely with God's words? — INTERPRETATION OF Hebrews 4