1 Ὅθεν, ἀδελφοὶ ἅγιοι, κλήσεως ἐπουρανίου μέτοχοι, κατανοήσατε τὸν ἀπόστολον καὶ ἀρχιερέα τῆς ὁμολογίας ἡμῶν Χριστὸν Ἰησοῦν, 2 πιστὸν ὄντα τῷ ποιήσαντι αὐτόν, ὡς καὶ Μωσῆς ἐν ὅλῳ τῷ οἴκῳ αὐτοῦ. 3 Πλείονος γὰρ δόξης οὗτος παρὰ Μωσῆν ἠξίωται, καθ᾿ ὅσον πλείονα τιμὴν ἔχει τοῦ οἴκου ὁ κατασκευάσας αὐτόν. 4 Πᾶς γὰρ οἶκος κατασκευάζεται ὑπό τινος· ὁ δὲ τὰ πάντα κατασκευάσας Θεός. 5 Καὶ Μωσῆς μὲν πιστὸς ἐν ὅλῳ τῷ οἴκῳ αὐτοῦ ὡς θεράπων, εἰς μαρτύριον τῶν λαληθησομένων· 6 Χριστὸς δὲ ὡς υἱὸς ἐπὶ τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ· οὗ οἶκός ἐσμεν ἡμεῖς, ἐάνπερ τὴν παρρησίαν καὶ τὸ καύχημα τῆς ἐλπίδος μέχρι τέλους βεβαίαν κατάσχωμεν. 7 Διό, καθὼς λέγει τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον, Σήμερον ἐὰν τῆς φωνῆς αὐτοῦ ἀκούσητε, 8 μὴ σκληρύνητε τὰς καρδίας ὑμῶν, ὡς ἐν τῷ παραπικρασμῷ, κατὰ τὴν ἡμέραν τοῦ πειρασμοῦ ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, 9 οὗ ἐπείρασάν με οἱ πατέρες ὑμῶν, ἐδοκίμασάν με, καὶ εἶδον τὰ ἔργα μου τεσσαράκοντα ἔτη. 10 Διὸ προσώχθισα τῇ γενεᾷ ἐκείνῃ, καὶ εἶπον, Ἀεὶ πλανῶνται τῇ καρδίᾳ· αὐτοὶ δὲ οὐκ ἔγνωσαν τὰς ὁδούς μου· 11 ὡς ὤμοσα ἐν τῇ ὀργῇ μου, Εἰ εἰσελεύσονται εἰς τὴν κατάπαυσίν μου. 12 Βλέπετε, ἀδελφοί, μήποτε ἔσται ἔν τινι ὑμῶν καρδία πονηρὰ ἀπιστίας ἐν τῷ ἀποστῆναι ἀπὸ Θεοῦ ζῶντος· 13 ἀλλὰ παρακαλεῖτε ἑαυτοὺς καθ᾿ ἑκάστην ἡμέραν, ἄχρις οὗ τὸ σήμερον καλεῖται, ἵνα μὴ σκληρυνθῇ τις ἐξ ὑμῶν ἀπάτῃ τῆς ἁμαρτίας· 14 μέτοχοι γὰρ γεγόναμεν τοῦ Χριστοῦ, ἐάνπερ τὴν ἀρχὴν τῆς ὑποστάσεως μέχρι τέλους βεβαίαν κατάσχωμεν· 15 ἐν τῷ λέγεσθαι, Σήμερον ἐὰν τῆς φωνῆς αὐτοῦ ἀκούσητε, μὴ σκληρύνητε τὰς καρδίας ὑμῶν, ὡς ἐν τῷ παραπικρασμῷ. 16 Τινὲς γὰρ ἀκούσαντες παρεπίκραναν, ἀλλ᾿ οὐ πάντες οἱ ἐξελθόντες ἐξ Αἰγύπτου διὰ Μωσέως. 17 Τίσι δὲ προσώχθισε τεσσαράκοντα ἔτη; Οὐχὶ τοῖς ἁμαρτήσασιν, ὧν τὰ κῶλα ἔπεσεν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ; 18 Τίσι δὲ ὤμοσε μὴ εἰσελεύσεσθαι εἰς τὴν κατάπαυσιν αὐτοῦ, εἰ μὴ τοῖς ἀπειθήσασι; 19 Καὶ βλέπομεν ὅτι οὐκ ἠδυνήθησαν εἰσελθεῖν δι᾿ ἀπιστίαν.
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Cross references (19)
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- 1 Philippians 3:14; 2 Timothy 1:9; Hebrews 4:14–15; 1 Peter 2:9; Ephesians 4:1
- 2 Numbers 12:7; 1 Timothy 3:15; John 6:38–40; Ephesians 2:22; Hebrews 3:5–6
- 3 1 Corinthians 3:9; 1 Peter 2:5–7; Zechariah 6:12–13; Hebrews 2:9; Hebrews 1:2–4
- 4 Hebrews 1:2; Hebrews 3:3
- 5 Numbers 12:7; Hebrews 3:2; Exodus 14:31; Psalm 105:26; Acts 28:23
- 6 2 Corinthians 6:16; 1 Corinthians 3:16; Hebrews 10:35; 1 Peter 2:5; 1 Corinthians 6:19
- 7 Psalm 95:7–11; Hebrews 3:15; Isaiah 55:3; Revelation 3:20; Hebrews 4:7
- 8 Proverbs 28:14; Exodus 17:7; Matthew 13:15; Zechariah 7:11–12; Jeremiah 7:26
- 9 Acts 7:36; Deuteronomy 4:9; Deuteronomy 8:4; Exodus 19:4; Deuteronomy 4:3
- 10 Psalm 95:10; 2 Thessalonians 2:10–12; Psalm 78:8; Psalm 67:2; Jeremiah 4:22
- 11 Deuteronomy 1:34–35; Hebrews 4:3; Numbers 14:20–23; Hebrews 4:5; Numbers 32:10–13
- 12 Jeremiah 17:5; Jeremiah 7:24; Jeremiah 17:9; Jeremiah 18:12; 1 Corinthians 10:12
- 13 1 Thessalonians 5:11; Hebrews 10:24–25; 2 Timothy 4:2; 1 Thessalonians 4:18; Acts 11:23
- 14 Hebrews 3:6; Hebrews 6:11; 1 Peter 4:13; Hebrews 12:10; Ephesians 3:6
- 15 Hebrews 3:7–8; Psalm 95:7; Hebrews 10:38; Hebrews 10:29
- 16 Numbers 14:2; Numbers 14:30; Numbers 26:65; Deuteronomy 1:38; Psalm 78:17
- 17 Numbers 14:29; Numbers 26:64–65; Numbers 14:22; Numbers 14:32–33; Jude 5
- 18 Hebrews 4:6; Deuteronomy 1:34–35; Numbers 14:30; Psalm 106:24–26; Numbers 20:12
- 19 Jude 5; John 3:36; Mark 16:16; John 3:18; 1 John 5:10
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
Paul, having treated of hope, and having said that "We are His house, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end" ( c. iii. ver. 6 ); next shows that we ought to look forward with firmness, and he proves this from the Scriptures.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 14 (1889)
… righteous man, and blameless, truthful, God-fearing, and one that kept himself from all evil." But bringing an accusation against himself, he said, "No man is free from defilement, even if his life be but of one day." Moses was called faithful in all God's house; and through his instrumentality, God punished Egypt with plagues and tortures.
… Moses himself, being a man of God, was indeed given as a god before Pharaoh; but he is not properly termed Lord, nor is called God by the prophets, but is spoken of by the Spirit as "Moses, the faithful minister and servant of God," which also he was.
For neither when John saith, "He is mightier than I," doth he say it as comparing them; nor Paul, when remembering Moses he writes, "For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses," doth he so write by way of comparison; and He Himself too, in saying, "Behold, a greater than Solomon is here," speaks not as making …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
According as Paul says in another place, And exhort each other daily, while it is called to-day; meaning, "continually." For as we may not speak of the "beginning of the days" of Christ, so neither suffer thou that any should ever speak of the end of His kingdom.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)