Hebrews 2:10-3:19

New King James Version

Bringing Many Sons to Glory

¹⁰For it was fitting for Him, ^(A)for whom are all things and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation ^(B)perfect through sufferings. ¹¹For ^(C)both He who ^[a]sanctifies and those who are being sanctified ^(D)are all of one, for which reason ^(E)He is not ashamed to call them brethren, ¹²saying:

^(F)“I will declare Your name to My brethren;
In the midst of the assembly I will sing praise to You.”

¹³And again:

^(G)“I will put My trust in Him.”

And again:

^(H)“Here am I and the children whom God has given Me.”

¹⁴Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He ^(I)Himself likewise shared in the same, ^(J)that through death He might destroy him who had the power of ^(K)death, that is, the devil, ¹⁵and release those who ^(L)through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. ¹⁶For indeed He does not ^[b]give aid to angels, but He does ^[c]give aid to the seed of Abraham. ¹⁷Therefore, in all things He had ^(M)to be made like His brethren, that He might be ^(N)a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. ¹⁸^(O)For in that He Himself has suffered, being ^[d]tempted, He is able to aid those who are tempted.

The Son Was Faithful

3 Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Christ Jesus, ²who was faithful to Him who appointed Him, as ^(P)Moses also was faithful in all His house. ³For this One has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as ^(Q)He who built the house has more honor than the house. ⁴For every house is built by someone, but ^(R)He who built all things is God. ⁵^(S)And Moses indeed was faithful in all His house as ^(T)a servant, ^(U)for a testimony of those things which would be spoken afterward, ⁶but Christ as ^(V)a Son over His own house, ^(W)whose house we are ^(X)if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope ^[e]firm to the end.

Be Faithful^(Y)

⁷Therefore, as ^(Z)the Holy Spirit says:

^(AA)“Today, if you will hear His voice,
⁸Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion,
In the day of trial in the wilderness,
⁹Where your fathers tested Me, tried Me,
And saw My works forty years.
¹⁰Therefore I was angry with that generation,
And said, ‘They always go astray in their heart,
And they have not known My ways.’
¹¹So I swore in My wrath,
‘They shall not enter My rest.’ ”

¹²Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God; ¹³but ^[f]exhort one another daily, while it is called “Today,” lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. ¹⁴For we have become partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end, ¹⁵while it is said:

^(AB)“Today, if you will hear His voice,
Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.”

Failure of the Wilderness Wanderers

¹⁶^(AC)For who, having heard, rebelled? Indeed, was it not all who came out of Egypt, led by Moses? ¹⁷Now with whom was He angry forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, ^(AD)whose corpses fell in the wilderness? ¹⁸And ^(AE)to whom did He swear that they would not enter His rest, but to those who did not obey? ¹⁹So we see that they could not enter in because of ^(AF)unbelief.