{Were written aforetime} (proegraph(885c)). Second aorist
passive indicative of prograph(935c), old verb, in N.T. only here,
 Ga 3:1  (which see);  Eph 3:3  Jude 1:4 . {For our learning}
(eis t(886e) h(886d)eteran didaskalian). "For the instruction of us."
Objective sense of possessive pronoun h(886d)eteros. See  Mt 15:9  2Ti 3:16  for didaskalian (from didask(935c), to teach). {We might
have hope} (	(886e) elpida ech(936d)en). Present active subjunctive of
ech(935c) with hina in final clause, "that we might keep on having
hope." One of the blessed uses of the Scriptures.