📖 Hebrews — Chapter 3 (KJV)
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Hebrews 3:1 Wherefore, Rholy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;
Hebrews 3:2 Who was faithful to him that Rappointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house.
Hebrews 3:3 For Rthis man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house.
Hebrews 3:4 For every house is builded by some man; Rbut he that built all things is God.
Hebrews 3:5 And Moses verily was Rfaithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after;
Hebrews 3:6 But Christ as a son over his own house; Rwhose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.
Hebrews 3:7 Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will Rhear his voice,
Hebrews 3:8 RHarden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
Hebrews 3:9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, Rand saw my works forty years.
Hebrews 3:10 Wherefore RI was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways.
Hebrews 3:11 So RI sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)
Hebrews 3:12 RTake heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
Hebrews 3:13 But Rexhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
Hebrews 3:14 For Rwe are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
Hebrews 3:15 While it is said, RTo day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.
Hebrews 3:16 For Rsome, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.
Hebrews 3:17 But with whom was he grieved forty years? Rwas it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?
Hebrews 3:18 And Rto whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?
Hebrews 3:19 RSo we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.
📚 Study This Chapter
📖 What We’re Reading
Hebrews 3:1–6 — Consider Jesus above Moses
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
Moses served faithfully within God's house; Christ is faithful as Son over it, and believers are called to hold their confidence.
Key Truth: Consider Christ with steadfast confidence.
Check What You Remember
1. Complete the KJV wording: “____ , holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the …” (Hebrews 3:1)
Find it in Hebrews 3:1 (KJV).
2. Complete the KJV wording: “For every ____ is builded by some man; but he that built all …” (Hebrews 3:4)
Find it in Hebrews 3:4 (KJV).
3. Complete the KJV wording: “But Christ as a ____ over his own house; whose house are we, if we …” (Hebrews 3:6)
Find it in Hebrews 3:6 (KJV).
📖 What We’re Reading
Hebrews 3:7–13 — Do not harden your hearts
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
The wilderness warning calls hearers to respond today, avoiding unbelief and sin's deceit through daily mutual exhortation.
Key Truth: Encourage others before hearts grow hardened.
Check What You Remember
1. Complete the KJV wording: “____ (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will …” (Hebrews 3:7)
Find it in Hebrews 3:7 (KJV).
2. Complete the KJV wording: “… brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil ____ of unbelief, in departing from the living God.” (Hebrews 3:12)
Find it in Hebrews 3:12 (KJV).
3. Complete the KJV wording: “But ____ one another daily, while it is called To day; lest …” (Hebrews 3:13)
Find it in Hebrews 3:13 (KJV).
📖 What We’re Reading
Hebrews 3:14–19 — Unbelief and exclusion from rest
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
The writer recalls the wilderness generation's rebellion and concludes that unbelief prevented entry into rest.
Key Truth: Respond to warning through trusting obedience.
Check What You Remember
1. Complete the KJV wording: “For we are ____ partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our …” (Hebrews 3:14)
Find it in Hebrews 3:14 (KJV).
2. Complete the KJV wording: “And to ____ sware he that they should not enter into his rest, …” (Hebrews 3:18)
Find it in Hebrews 3:18 (KJV).
3. Complete the KJV wording: “So we see that they ____ not enter in because of unbelief.” (Hebrews 3:19)
Find it in Hebrews 3:19 (KJV).
Related Scripture (KJV)
Psalms 95:7 — The chapter draws its repeated warning from this psalm.
This related passage is selected for its connection with this chapter. It is separate from the chapter text.
Reflect and Apply
Whom can you encourage today against discouragement or hardening?
Advanced Questions and Answers
Study this chapter’s wording, patterns, contrasts, and meaning in greater depth.
1. Which account best distinguishes Hebrews 3:1–6 (Consider Jesus above Moses) from the other movements of this chapter?
2. Which account best distinguishes Hebrews 3:7–13 (Do not harden your hearts) from the other movements of this chapter?
3. Which account best distinguishes Hebrews 3:14–19 (Unbelief and exclusion from rest) from the other movements of this chapter?
4. Under what two titles are the holy brethren urged to consider Christ Jesus?
5. Why should the brethren exhort one another daily?
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