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Therefore, holy brothers, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession: Jesus, who was faithful to him who appointed him, as also Moses was in all his house. For he has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, because he who built the house has more honor than the house. For every house is built by someone; but he who built all things is God. Moses indeed was faithful in all his house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were afterward to be spoken, but Christ is faithful as a Son over his house. We are his house, if we hold fast our confidence and the glorying of our hope firm to the end.

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Moses a Servant, Christ a Son

Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, partners in a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession,(A) who was faithful to the one who appointed him, just as Moses also “was faithful in all[a] God’s[b] house.” Yet Jesus[c] is worthy of more glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house has more honor than the house itself.(B) (For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God.)(C) Now Moses was faithful in all God’s[d] house as a servant, to testify to the things that would be spoken later.(D) Christ, however, was faithful over God’s[e] house as a son, and we are his house if we hold firm[f] the boldness and the pride inspired by hope.(E)

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  1. 3.2 Other ancient authorities lack all
  2. 3.2 Gk his
  3. 3.3 Gk this one
  4. 3.5 Gk his
  5. 3.6 Gk his
  6. 3.6 Other ancient authorities add to the end