² He was faithful to the one who appointed him, just as Moses was faithful in all God’s house.^(A)

¹⁵ if I am delayed, you will know how people ought to conduct themselves in God’s household, which is the church^(A) of the living God,^(B) the pillar and foundation of the truth.

⁵ “Moses was faithful as a servant^(A) in all God’s house,”^[a](B) bearing witness to what would be spoken by God in the future. ⁶ But Christ is faithful as the Son^(C) over God’s house. And we are his house,^(D) if indeed we hold firmly^(E) to our confidence and the hope^(F) in which we glory.

The Lord’s Grace to Paul

¹² I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength,^(A) that he considered me trustworthy, appointing me to his service.^(B)

²² And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.^(A)

³⁸ For I have come down from heaven^(A) not to do my will but to do the will^(B) of him who sent me.^{(C) 39} And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me,^(D) but raise them up at the last day.^{(E) 40} For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son^(F) and believes in him shall have eternal life,^(G) and I will raise them up at the last day.”

¹⁷ For this reason he had to be made like them,^[a](A) fully human in every way, in order that he might become a merciful^(B) and faithful high priest^(C) in service to God,^(D) and that he might make atonement for the sins of the people.^(E)