Hebrews 3:3
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3 For this One has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as (A)He who built the house has more honor than the house.
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1 Corinthians 3:9
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9 For (A)we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, you are (B)God’s building.
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1 Peter 2:5-7
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5 you also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 6 Therefore it is also contained in the Scripture,
(A)“Behold, I lay in Zion
A chief cornerstone, elect, precious,
And he who believes on Him will by no means be put to shame.”
7 Therefore, to you who believe, He is precious; but to those who [a]are disobedient,
(B)“The stone which the builders rejected
Has become the chief cornerstone,”
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- 1 Peter 2:7 NU disbelieve
Zechariah 6:12-13
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12 Then speak to him, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, saying:
“Behold, (A)the Man whose name is the (B)BRANCH!
From His place He shall [a]branch out,
(C)And He shall build the temple of the Lord;
13 Yes, He shall build the temple of the Lord.
He (D)shall bear the glory,
And shall sit and rule on His throne;
So (E)He shall be a priest on His throne,
And the counsel of peace shall be between [b]them both.” ’
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- Zechariah 6:12 Lit. sprout up
- Zechariah 6:13 Both offices
Hebrews 2:9
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9 But we see Jesus, (A)who was made [a]a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death (B)crowned with glory and honor, that He, by the grace of God, might taste death (C)for everyone.
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- Hebrews 2:9 Or for a little while
Hebrews 3:6
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6 but Christ as (A)a Son over His own house, (B)whose house we are (C)if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope [a]firm to the end.
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- Hebrews 3:6 NU omits firm to the end
Hebrews 1:2-4
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2 has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the [a]worlds; 3 (A)who being the brightness of His glory and the express (B)image of His person, and (C)upholding all things by the word of His power, (D)when He had [b]by Himself [c]purged [d]our sins, (E)sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, 4 having become so much better than the angels, as (F)He has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.
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- Hebrews 1:2 Or ages, Gr. aiones, aeons
- Hebrews 1:3 NU omits by Himself
- Hebrews 1:3 cleansed
- Hebrews 1:3 NU omits our
Colossians 1:18
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18 And (A)He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, (B)the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.
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Matthew 16:18
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18 And I also say to you that (A)you are Peter, and (B)on this rock I will build My church, and (C)the gates of Hades shall not [a]prevail against it.
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- Matthew 16:18 be victorious
Zechariah 4:9
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9 “The hands of Zerubbabel
(A)Have laid the foundation of this [a]temple;
His hands (B)shall also finish it.
Then (C)you will know
That the (D)Lord of hosts has sent Me to you.
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- Zechariah 4:9 Lit. house
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