Chapter 3
1 Therefore, holy brothers, who share in the heavenly calling, set your focus on Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess.
Ὅθεν,HothenTherefore,G3606CONJ ἀδελφοὶadelphoibrothersG0080N-VPM κλήσεωςklēseōsof [the] callingG2821N-GSF ἐπουρανίουepouraniouheavenlyG2032A-GSF μέτοχοι,metochoipartakers,G3353N-VPM κατανοήσατεkatanoēsatedo carefully considerG2657V-AAM-2P ἀπόστολονapostolonapostleG0652N-ASM ἀρχιερέαarchiereahigh priestG0749N-ASM ὁμολογίαςhomologiasconfessionG3671N-GSF ΧριστόνChristonChristG5547N-ASM-T ἸησοῦνIēsounJesusG2424GN-ASM-P 2 He was faithful to the One who appointed Him, just as Moses was faithful in all God’s house.1
πιστὸνpistonfaithfulG4103A-ASM ὄνταontabeingG1510V-PAP-ASM τῷtōto the [One]G3588T-DSM ποιήσαντιpoiēsantihaving appointedG4160IV-AAP-DSM ΜωϋσῆςMōusēsMosesG3475N-NSM-P αὐτοῦ.autouof Him.G0846P-GSM - Literally just as Moses in all His house; SBL just as Moses in His house
3 For Jesus has been counted worthy of greater glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself.
πλείονοςpleionosOf greaterG4119A-GSF-C δόξηςdoxēsgloryG1391N-GSF ΜωϋσῆνMōusēnMosesG3475N-ASM-P ἠξίωται,ēxiōtaihas been counted worthy,G0515V-RPI-3S ὅσονhosonso much asG3745K-ASN πλείοναpleionagreaterG4119A-ASF-C τιμὴνtimēnhonorG5092N-ASF ἔχειecheihasG2192V-PAI-3S οἴκουoikouhouse [itself]G3624GN-GSM κατασκευάσαςkataskeuasashaving builtG2680V-AAP-NSM 4 And every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything.
κατασκευάζεταιkataskeuazetaiis builtG2680V-PPI-3S τινος,tinossomeone,G5100X-GSM πάνταpantaeverythingG3956A-APN κατασκευάσαςkataskeuasashaving built [is]G2680V-AAP-NSM θεός.theosGod.G2316N-NSM-T 5 Now Moses was faithful as a servant in all God’s house,1 testifying to what would be spoken later.
ΜωϋσῆςMōusēsMosesG3475N-NSM-P πιστὸςpistos[was] faithfulG4103A-NSM αὐτοῦautouof HimG0846P-GSM θεράπωνtherapōna servantG2324N-NSM μαρτύριονmarturiona testimonyG3142N-ASN τῶνtōnof the [things]G3588T-GPN λαληθησομένων,lalēthēsomenōnto be spoken,G2980V-FPP-GPN - Numbers 12:7
6 But Christ is faithful as the Son over God’s house. And we are His house, if we hold firmly1 to our confidence and the hope of which we boast.
ΧριστὸςChristosChristG5547N-NSM-T υἱὸςhuios[the] SonG5207N-NSM αὐτοῦ,autouof Him,G0846P-GSM ἐσμενesmenareG1510V-PAI-1P ἡμεῖςhēmeiswe ourselvesG3165P-1NP ἐάνπερeanperif indeedG1437COND + G4007 παρρησίανparrēsian[our] confidenceG3954N-ASF καύχημαkauchēmaboastG2745N-ASN ἐλπίδοςelpidosof [our] hopeG1680N-GSF μέχριmechriuntilG3360PREP τέλουςtelousendG5056N-GSN βεβαίανbebaianunshakableG0949A-ASF κατάσχωμεν.¶kataschōmenwe may hold.G2722V-2AAS-1P - NE, WH, BYZ, and TR include to the end.
Do Not Harden Your Hearts
(Psalm 95:1–11)
7 Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice,
Διό,DioTherefore,G1352CONJ καθὼςkathōseven asG2531CONJ σήμερονsēmeronTodayG4594ADV αὐτοῦautouof HimG0846P-GSM ἀκούσητε,akousēteyou shall hear,G0191V-AAS-2P 8 do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness,
σκληρύνητεsklērunēteshall hardenG4645V-AAS-2P καρδίαςkardiasheartsG2588N-APF ὑμῶνhumōnof youG4771P-2GP παραπικρασμῷparapikrasmōrebellionG3894N-DSM ἡμέρανhēmerandayG2250N-ASF πειρασμοῦpeirasmouof testingG3986HN-GSM ἐρήμῳ,erēmōwilderness,G2048A-DSF 9 where your fathers tested and tried Me, and for forty years saw My works.
ἐπείρασανepeirasantriedG3985HV-AAI-3P πατέρεςpateresfathersG3962N-NPM ὑμῶνhumōnof youG4771P-2GP δοκιμασίᾳdokimasiatestingG6020N-DSF 10 Therefore I was angry with that generation, and I said, ‘Their hearts are always going astray, and they have not known My ways.’
διὸdio[10] ThereforeG1352CONJ προσώχθισαprosōchthisaI was angryG4360V-AAI-1S γενεᾷgeneagenerationG1074N-DSF εἶπον·eiponI said;G2036V-2AAI-1S πλανῶνταιplanōntaithey go astrayG4105V-PPI-3P καρδίᾳ·kardiaheart;G2588N-DSF αὐτοὶautoithey themselvesG0846P-NPM ἔγνωσανegnōsanhave they knownG1097V-2AAI-3P ὁδούςhodouswaysG3598N-APF μου·mouof Mine;G3165P-1GS 11 So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’”1
ὤμοσαōmosaI sworeG3660V-AAI-1S ὀργῇorgēawrathG3709N-DSF μου·mouof Mine;G3165P-1GS εἰσελεύσονταιeiseleusontaiwill they enterG1525V-FDI-3P κατάπαυσίνkatapausinrestG2663N-ASF μου.¶mouof Mine.G3165P-1GS - Psalm 95:7–11 (see also LXX)
The Peril of Unbelief
12 See to it, brothers, that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God.
Βλέπετε,Blepetedo take heed,G0991V-PAM-2P ἀδελφοί,adelphoibrothers,G0080N-VPM μήποτεmēpoteotherwiseG3361PRT-N + G4218 ἔσταιestaithere will beG1510V-FDI-3S ὑμῶνhumōnof youG4771P-2GP καρδίαkardiaa heartG2588N-NSF πονηρὰponēraevilG4190A-NSF ἀπιστίαςapistiasof unbeliefG0570N-GSF ἀποστῆναιapostēnaifalling awayG0868V-2AAN ζῶντος·zōntos[the] living;G2198V-PAP-GSM 13 But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.
παρακαλεῖτεparakaleitedo encourageG3870V-PAM-2P ἑαυτοὺςhe'autouseach otherG1438F-2APM ἑκάστηνhekastēneveryG1538A-ASF ἡμέρανhēmerandayG2250N-ASF ἄχριςachriswhileG0891PREP σήμερονsēmerontodayG4594ADV καλεῖταιkaleitaiit is calledG2564GV-PPI-3S σκληρυνθῇsklērunthēamay be hardenedG4645V-APS-3S ἀπάτῃapatēby [the] deceitfulnessG0539N-DSF ἁμαρτίας·hamartiasof sin;G0266N-GSF 14 We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly to the end the assurance we had at first.
μέτοχοιmetochoiPartakersG3353N-NPM ΧριστοῦChristouof ChristG5547N-GSM-T γεγόναμενgegonamenwe have becomeG1096V-2RAI-1P ἐάνπερeanperif indeedG1437COND + G4007 ἀρχὴνarchēnbeginningG0746N-ASF ὑποστάσεωςhupostaseōsassuranceG5287N-GSF τέλουςtelous[the] endG5056N-GSN βεβαίανbebaianfirmG0949A-ASF κατάσχωμεν·kataschōmenwe shall hold;G2722V-2AAS-1P 15 As it has been said: “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion.”1
λέγεσθαι·legesthaisaying:G3004GV-PPN σήμερονsēmeronTodayG4594ADV αὐτοῦautouof HimG0846P-GSM ἀκούσητε,akousēteyou shall hear,G0191V-AAS-2P σκληρύνητεsklērunēteshall hardenG4645V-AAS-2P καρδίαςkardiasheartsG2588N-APF ὑμῶνhumōnof youG4771P-2GP παραπικρασμῷ.parapikrasmōrebellion.G3894N-DSM - Psalm 95:7–8
16 For who were the ones who heard and rebelled? Were they not all those Moses led out of Egypt?
ἀκούσαντεςakousantes[were those] having heardG0191V-AAP-NPM παρεπίκραναν;parepikrananrebelled?G3893V-AAI-3P πάντεςpantesallG3956A-NPM ἐξελθόντεςexelthonteshaving comeG1831V-2AAP-NPM ΑἰγύπτουAiguptouEgyptG0125N-GSF-L Μωϋσέως;MōuseōsMoses?G3475N-GSM-P 17 And with whom was God angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?
τίσινtisinWith whomG5101I-DPM προσώχθισενprosōchthisenwas He indignantG4360V-AAI-3S τεσσεράκονταtesserakontafortyG5062A-NUI οὐχὶouchiSurelyG3780PRT-N τοῖςtoiswith thoseG3588T-DPM ἁμαρτήσασινhamartēsasinhaving sinnedG0264V-AAP-DPM ἔπεσενepesenfellG4098V-2AAI-3S ἐρήμῳ;erēmōwilderness?G2048A-DSF 18 And to whom did He swear that they would never enter His rest? Was it not to those who disobeyed?
τίσινtisinTo whomG5101I-DPM ὤμοσενōmosendid He swear thatG3660V-AAI-3S εἰσελεύσεσθαιeiseleusesthaito enterG1525V-FDN κατάπαυσινkatapausinrestG2663N-ASF αὐτοῦautouof HimG0846P-GSM τοῖςtoisto thoseG3588T-DPM ἀπειθήσασιν;apeithēsasinhaving disobeyed?G0544V-AAP-DPM 19 So we see that it was because of their unbelief that they were unable to enter.
βλέπομενblepomenwe seeG0991V-PAI-1P ἠδυνήθησανēdunēthēsanthey were ableG1410V-AOI-3P εἰσελθεῖνeiseltheinto enter inG1525V-2AAN δι᾽di᾽because ofG1223PREP ἀπιστίαν.¶apistianunbelief.G0570N-ASF