1 Therefore, holy brothers, partners in a heavenly calling, keep your focus on Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession. ISV — Hebrews 3:1
2 He was faithful to the one who appointed him, just as Moses was in all God’s a3:2 Lit. his household, ISV — Hebrews 3:2
3 because he is worthy of greater glory than Moses in the same way that the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself. ISV — Hebrews 3:3
4 After all, every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything. ISV — Hebrews 3:4
5 Moses was faithful in all God’s b3:5 Lit. his household as a servant who was to testify to what would be said later, ISV — Hebrews 3:5
6 but the Messiah c3:6 Or Christ was faithful d3:6 The Gk. lacks was faithful as the Son in charge of God’s e3:6 Lit. his household, and we are his household if we hold on to our courage and the hope in which we rejoice. f3:6 Lit. the boast of our hope ISV — Hebrews 3:6
7 Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, “Today, if you hear his voice, ISV — Hebrews 3:7
8 do not harden your hearts as they did when they provoked me during the time of testing in the wilderness. ISV — Hebrews 3:8
9 There your ancestors tested me, even though they had seen my actions ISV — Hebrews 3:9
10 for 40 years. That is why I was indignant with that generation and said, ‘They are always going astray in their hearts, and they have not known my ways.’ ISV — Hebrews 3:10
11 So in my anger I swore a solemn oath that they would never enter my rest.” g3:11 Cf. Ps 95:7-11 ISV — Hebrews 3:11
12 See to it, my brothers, that no evil, unbelieving heart is found in any of you, as shown by your turning away from the living God. ISV — Hebrews 3:12
13 Instead, continue to encourage one another every day, as long as it is called “Today,” so that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin, ISV — Hebrews 3:13
14 because we are the Messiah’s h3:14 Or Christ’s partners only if we hold on to our original confidence to the end. i3:14 Other mss. lack to the end ISV — Hebrews 3:14
15 As it is said, “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as they did when they provoked me.” j3:15 Cf. Ps 95:7-8 ISV — Hebrews 3:15
16 Now who heard him and provoked him? Was it not all those who came out of Egypt led k3:16 The Gk. lacks led by Moses? ISV — Hebrews 3:16
17 And with whom was he angry for 40 years? Was it not with those who sinned and whose bodies fell dead in the wilderness? ISV — Hebrews 3:17
18 And to whom did he swear that they would never enter his rest? It was to those who disobeyed him, was it not? ISV — Hebrews 3:18
19 So we see that they were unable to enter because of their unbelief. ISV — Hebrews 3:19