“And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;”
and, once made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him — the perfection achieved through suffering is soteriological: Christ becomes the cause of eternal salvation for all who obey him. His obedience, demonstrated and perfected through suffering, establishes the grounds for believers' salvation and serves as the model for their own obedience.
Church Fathers on Hebrews 5:9
Be it with “crying,” why also “strong [crying] and tears”? “Having offered,” (he says), “and having been heard in that He feared.” What do you say? Let the Heretics be ashamed. The Son of God “was heard in that He feared.” And what more could any man say concerning the prophets? And what sort of connection is there, in saying, “He was heard in that He feared, though He were Son, yet learned He obedience by the things which He suffered”? Would any man say these things…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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