48 Victor (Sung-Yul) Rhee to faith by defining that the deliberate sin is rejecting God’s revelation provided through Jesus Christ (i.e., the sin of apostasy) (10:26–27). In 10:32–39 the ethical quality of steadfastness is based on the Christological teaching of not to throw away the confidence. This is essentially equiva- lent to the expression to continue with faith in Jesus Christ. Moreover, the exhortation to have endurance (10:36, 39) is based on the Second Coming of Christ (10:37). In this sense the author’s appeal to be steadfast in their faith is Christological. The above summary makes it clear that faith in Hebrews is not simply an ethical element of steadfastness as Grässer and Goppelt insist, nor is it replaced by an ethical category of steadfastness. Faith in Hebrews indeed portrays Jesus as the object of faith for believers without expressing it in terms of “faith in Christ” or “believing in Jesus.” Therefore, it may be concluded that faith in Hebrews is based on Christology; for the author of Hebrews, faith cannot exist without Christ and his work. Thus it may be concluded that faith in Hebrews is Christologically oriented. Victor RHEE Talbot School of Theology Biola University 13800 Biola Avenue La Mirada, California 90639 (USA)