For we] This verse should be with a parenthesis. of Christ] And all spirituall blessings in Christ. if we hold] Colossians 1:23. beginning] Or, that faith which we had in the beginning. of our confidence] The Originall word signifieth a foundation or prop which upholds the building: hence faith is denoted thereby, because it is the foundation of all spirituall graces, and prop which upholds Christians in this vale of tears, Jude 1:20. Or by it we may understand [expectation] it being by faith that we certainly expect things hoped for. Chap. 11. 1. Psalms 39:7. unto the end] See V. 6.