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Hebrews 3:6
But Christ is faithful as the Son over God’s house. And we are His house, if we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope of which we boast.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The author writes to Jewish Christians at risk of drifting from their faith, contrasting Christ's sonship over God's house with Moses' servanthood in it (Hebrews 3:5).
The words — οἶκος (oikos), "house," is the hinge of the verse: Christ is Son over it, and believers constitute it.
The thread — Paul applies the same "house" language to the community in 1 Corinthians 3:16 and 2 Corinthians 6:16; the "confidence" here echoes Hebrews 10:35.
Why it lands — The standing is conditional: "if we hold firmly." It demands sustained trust, not a one-time decision.
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The Greek words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- 2 Corinthians 6:16 What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.”
- 1 Corinthians 3:16 Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?
- Hebrews 10:35 So do not throw away your confidence; it holds a great reward.
- 1 Peter 2:5 you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
- 1 Corinthians 6:19 Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;
- Hebrews 6:11 We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, in order to make your hope sure.
- Hebrews 3:14 We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly to the end the assurance we had at first.
- Hebrews 4:11 Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.
- Hebrews 10:23 Let us hold resolutely to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful.
- Matthew 10:22 You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.