Hebrews 3:6
But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.
Study Note
Study Note
The comparison of Moses and Christ — Moses faithful as a servant in God's house, Christ as a Son over God's house — establishes a typological relationship in which Moses's faithful service points beyond itself to the superior fidelity of the Son. The conditional 'whose house we are, if indeed we hold fast our confidence and our boasting in our hope' reflects Hebrews' characteristic conditional structure, which neither threatens believers with groundless insecurity nor permits presumptuous passivity. The 'house of God' imagery evokes the Tabernacle and Temple tradition (Exodus 25:8-9; 1 Kings 8:27-30) but applies it to the community of faith, consistent with 1 Peter 2:4-5 and Ephesians 2:19-22. The verse belongs to the lengthy warning passage of Hebrews 3-4 that uses the wilderness generation as a negative example of failure to enter God's rest.
Other Translations
but Christ as a son, over his house; whose house are we, if we hold fast our boldness and the glorying of our hope firm unto the end.
and Christ, as a Son over his house, whose house are we, if the boldness and the rejoicing of the hope unto the end we hold fast.
But Christ as a son, over his house; whose house are we, if we keep our hearts fixed in the glad and certain hope till the end.
Cross References
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