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Hebrews 3

KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 3 of 13

1 For which reason, holy brothers, partakers of a heavenly calling, fully consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Christ Jesus,

2 “being faithful” to Him having made Him, as also “Moses” was “in all his house”. Num. 12:7

3 For He was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, by so much as the one having prepared it has more honor than the house.

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Chapter Summary

Christ is more worthy than Moses.

Key Greek Words

πιστός faithful G4103
οἶκος house, household G3624
σκληρύνω to harden G4645
κατάπαυσις rest G2663
ἀπιστία unbelief G570
ἀρχιερεύς high priest G749

People & Context

Christ Jesus

The faithful Apostle and High Priest, Son over God's house, counted worthy of more glory than Moses

Moses

Faithful as a servant in all God's house, a testimony of things to be spoken, yet less than the Son

God

The living God who built all things, swore the unbelieving generation would not enter His rest

Holy Spirit

Speaks the warning, 'Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts'

Timeline

Christ Faithful Over God's House

Moses was faithful as a servant in all God's house, but Christ is faithful as Son over His house. Believers are His house if they hold fast their boldness and hope to the end.

Hebrews 3:1-6
Warning from the Wilderness Generation

The Holy Spirit warns: do not harden your hearts as in the wilderness when the fathers tested God and saw His works forty years. God was angry and swore they would not enter His rest because of disobedience and unbelief.

Hebrews 3:7-19

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