“But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions;”
But recall the earlier days when, after you were illuminated, you endured a hard struggle with sufferings — the exhortation now shifts backward and forward: remember your past faithfulness and project it into the future. Illuminated (phōtizō) refers to conversion/enlightenment; you endured (hypomeino) suffering rather than apostasy.
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