1 Corinthians 4:2

4:2 Now what is sought in stewards is that one be found faithful.

1 Corinthians 4:1

The Apostles’ Ministry

4:1 One ¹  should think about us this way – as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.

1 Corinthians 3:15

3:15 If someone’s work is burned up, he will suffer loss. ²  He himself will be saved, but only as through fire.

Hebrews 3:2-6

3:2 who is faithful to the one who appointed him, as Moses was also in God’s ³  house. ⁴  3:3 For he has come to deserve greater glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house deserves greater honor than the house itself! 3:4 For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God. 3:5 Now Moses was faithful in all God’s ⁵  house ⁶  as a servant, to testify to the things that would be spoken. 3:6 But Christ ⁷  is faithful as a son over God’s ⁸  house. We are of his house, ⁹  if in fact we hold firmly ¹⁰  to our confidence and the hope we take pride in. ¹¹ 

Hebrews 3:1

Jesus and Moses

3:1 Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, ¹²  partners in a heavenly calling, take note of Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess, ¹³ 

Hebrews 2:4-5

2:4 while God confirmed their witness ¹⁴  with signs and wonders and various miracles and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed ¹⁵  according to his will.

Exposition of Psalm 8: Jesus and the Destiny of Humanity

2:5 For he did not put the world to come, ¹⁶  about which we are speaking, ¹⁷  under the control of angels.

¹ tn Here ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") is both indefinite and general, “one”; “a person” (BDAG 81 s.v. 4.a.γ).

¹ tn The translation “[will] be punished” is given here by BDAG 428 s.v. ζημιόω 2. But the next clause says “he will be delivered” and so “suffering loss” is more likely to refer to the destruction of the “work” by fire or the loss of the reward that could have been gained.

¹ tn Grk “his”; in the translation the referent (God) has been specified for clarity.

² tc ‡ The reading adopted by the translation follows a few early mss and some versions (Ì^13,46vid B vg^ms co Ambr). The majority of mss (א A C D Ψ 0243 0278 33 1739 1881 Ï lat sy) insert “all” (“in all his house”), apparently in anticipation of Heb 3:5 which quotes directly from Num 12:7. On balance, the omission better explains the rise of ὅλῳ ({olw, “all”) than vice versa. NA²⁷ puts ὅλῳ in brackets, indicating doubts as to its authenticity.

¹ tn Grk “his”; in the translation the referent (God) has been specified for clarity.

² sn A quotation from Num 12:7.

¹ sn The Greek makes the contrast between v. 5 and v. 6a more emphatic and explicit than is easily done in English.

² tn Grk “his”; in the translation the referent (God) has been specified for clarity.

³ tn Grk “whose house we are,” continuing the previous sentence.

⁴ tc The reading adopted by the translation is found in Ì^13,46 B sa, while the vast majority of mss (א A C D Ψ 0243 0278 33 1739 1881 Ï latt) add μέχρι τέλους βεβαίαν (mecri telou" bebaian, “secure until the end”). The external evidence for the omission, though minimal, has excellent credentials. Considering the internal factors, B. M. Metzger (TCGNT 595) finds it surprising that the feminine adjective βεβαίαν should modify the neuter noun καύχημα (kauchma, here translated “we take pride”), a fact that suggests that even the form of the word was borrowed from another place. Since the same phrase occurs at Heb 3:14, it is likely that later scribes added it here at Heb 3:6 in anticipation of Heb 3:14. While these words belong at 3:14, they seem foreign to 3:6.

⁵ tn Grk “the pride of our hope.”

¹ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 2:11.

² tn Grk “of our confession.”

¹ tn Grk “God bearing witness together” (the phrase “with them” is implied).

² tn Grk “and distributions of the Holy Spirit.”

¹ sn The phrase the world to come means “the coming inhabited earth,” using the Greek term which describes the world of people and their civilizations.

² sn See the previous reference to the world in Heb 1:6.