1 T herefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the Apostle and High Priest of our confession;

Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Jesus,

2 H e was faithful to Him who appointed Him, as Moses also was in all His house.

who is faithful to him that has constituted him, as Moses also in all his house.

3 F or He has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, by just so much as the builder of the house has more honor than the house.

For he has been counted worthy of greater glory than Moses, by how much he that has built it has more honour than the house.

4 F or every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God.

For every house is built by some one; but he who has built all things God.

5 N ow Moses was faithful in all His house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken later;

And Moses indeed faithful in all his house, as a ministering servant, for a testimony of the things to be spoken after;

6 b ut Christ was faithful as a Son over His house— whose house we are, if we hold fast our confidence and the boast of our hope firm until the end.

but Christ, as Son over his house, whose house are we, if indeed we hold fast the boldness and the boast of hope firm to the end.

7 T herefore, just as the Holy Spirit says, “ Today if you hear His voice,

Wherefore, even as says the Holy Spirit, To-day if ye will hear his voice,

8 D o not harden your hearts as when they provoked Me, As in the day of trial in the wilderness,

harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness;

9 W here your fathers tried Me by testing Me, And saw My works for forty years.

where your fathers tempted, by proving, and saw my works forty years.

10 “ Therefore I was angry with this generation, And said, ‘They always go astray in their heart, And they did not know My ways ’;

Wherefore I was wroth with this generation, and said, They always err in heart; and they have not known my ways;

11 A s I swore in My wrath, ‘ They shall not enter My rest.’” The Peril of Unbelief

so I swore in my wrath, If they shall enter into my rest.

12 T ake care, brethren, that there not be in any one of you an evil, unbelieving heart that falls away from the living God.

See, brethren, lest there be in any one of you a wicked heart of unbelief, in turning away from living God.

13 B ut encourage one another day after day, as long as it is still called “Today,” so that none of you will be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.

But encourage yourselves each day, as long as it is called To-day, that none of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.

14 F or we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our assurance firm until the end,

For we are become companions of the Christ if indeed we hold the beginning of the assurance firm to the end;

15 w hile it is said, “ Today if you hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts, as when they provoked Me.”

in that it is said, To-day if ye will hear his voice, do not harden your hearts, as in the provocation;

16 F or who provoked Him when they had heard? Indeed, did not all those who came out of Egypt led by Moses?

(for who was it, who, having heard, provoked? but not all who came out of Egypt by Moses?

17 A nd with whom was He angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?

And with whom was he wroth forty years? not with those who had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?

18 A nd to whom did He swear that they would not enter His rest, but to those who were disobedient?

And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to those who had not hearkened to the word?

19 S o we see that they were not able to enter because of unbelief.

And we see that they could not enter in on account of unbelief;)