Hebrews 6:10

to forget The aorist implies "to forget in a moment." Comp. Hebrews 11:6; Hebrews 11:20. God, even amid your errors, will not overlook the signs of grace working in you. Comp. Jeremiah 31:16; Psalms 9:12; Amos 8:7.

and labour of love The words "labour of" should be omitted. They are probably a gloss from 1 Thessalonians 1:3. The passage bears a vague general resemblance to 2 Corinthians 8:24; Colossians 1:4.

toward his name which name is borne by all His children.

in that ye have ministered to the saints In your past and present ministration to the saints, i.e. to your Christian brethren. It used to be supposed that the title "the saints" applied especially to the Christians at Jerusalem (Romans 15:25; Galatians 2:10; 1 Corinthians 16:1). This is a mistake; and the saints at Jerusalem, merged in a common poverty, perhaps a result in part of their original Communism, were hardly in a condition to minister to one another. They were (as is the case with most of the Jews now living at Jerusalem) dependent in large measure on the Chalukaor distribution of alms sent them from without.

and do minister The continuance of their well doing proved its sincerity; but perhaps the writer hints, though with infinite delicacy, that their beneficent zeal was less active than it once had been.