{Call to remembrance} (anamimn(8873)kesthe). Present middle
imperative of anamimn(8873)k(935c), as in  2Co 7:15  "remind
yourselves." The former days were some distance in the past
( 5:12 ), some years at any rate. It is a definite experience of
people in a certain place. Jerusalem Christians had had
experiences of this nature, but so had others. {After ye were
enlightened} (ph(9374)isthentes). First aorist passive participle
of ph(9374)iz(935c) in the same sense as in  6:4  (regeneration) and
like "the full knowledge of the truth" in  10:26 . {Conflict}
(athl(8873)in). Late word from athle(935c), to engage in a public
contest in the games ( 2Ti 2:5 ), only here in the N.T. It occurs
in the inscriptions. Cf.  2:10  for the benefit of "sufferings"
in training.