{And we desire} (epithumoumen de). Literary plural again
like pepeismetha ( 6:9 ). He is not wholly satisfied with them
as he had already shown ( 5:11-14 ). They have not given up
Christ ( 6:4-8 ), but many of them are still babes (
(8870)ioi,
 5:13 ) and not adults (	eleioi,  5:14 ) and others are in
peril of becoming so. {Unto the fulness of hope} (pros t(886e)
pl(8872)ophorian t(8873) elpidos). For pl(8872)ophoria see  1Th 1:5  Col
2:2 . {To the end} (achri telous). As in  3:6,14 .