The Epistle to the Hebrews

⭑ King James Version :: World English Bible Catholic ⭑

- Chapter 3 -

Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;

Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house.

For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house.

For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God.

And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after;

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.

Do Not Harden Your Hearts

(Psalm 95:1–11)

Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice,

Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:

When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.

Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways.

So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)

The Peril of Unbelief

Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.

But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;

While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.

For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.

But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?

And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?

So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.

Therefore, holy brothers, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession: Jesus,

who was faithful to him who appointed him, as also Moses was in all his house.

For he has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, because he who built the house has more honor than the house.

For every house is built by someone; but he who built all things is God.

Moses indeed was faithful in all his house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were afterward to be spoken,

but Christ

(a)

is faithful as a Son over his house. We are his house, if we hold fast our confidence and the glorying of our hope firm to the end.

Do Not Harden Your Hearts

(Psalm 95:1–11)

Therefore, even as the Holy Spirit says, “Today if you will hear his voice,

don’t harden your hearts as in the rebellion, in the day of the trial in the wilderness,

where your fathers tested me and tried me, and saw my deeds for forty years.

Therefore I was displeased with that generation, and said, ‘They always err in their heart, but they didn’t know my ways.’

As I swore in my wrath, ‘They will not enter into my rest.’”(b)

The Peril of Unbelief

Beware, brothers, lest perhaps there might be in any one of you an evil heart of unbelief, in falling away from the living God;

but exhort one another day by day, so long as it is called “today”, lest any one of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.

For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence firm to the end,

while it is said, “Today if you will hear his voice, don’t harden your hearts, as in the rebellion.”(c)

For who, when they heard, rebelled? Wasn’t it all those who came out of Egypt led by Moses?

With whom was he displeased forty years? Wasn’t it with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?

To whom did he swear that they wouldn’t enter into his rest, but to those who were disobedient?

We see that they weren’t able to enter in because of unbelief.

Footnotes

(a)3:6 “Christ” means “Anointed One”.

(b)3:11 ℘ Psalms 95:7-11