[af_vet_1981]

There is nothing in that passage that says those people were saved and had the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.

Yes, there is. They were made partakers of the Holy Ghost just as we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;

Same word, same author, same meaning

They fell away and so were cut off from the olive tree, as it were.

[metmom]

CB explained what *partakers* means in post 407 and is not the same as *received* as CB showed there as well.

It’s a different word than *believe*, too, as I showed in post 428.

So, no, those who were *partakers* are not those who have believed or received.