Hebrews 3:6

3:6 But Christ ¹  is faithful as a son over God’s ²  house. We are of his house, ³  if in fact we hold firmly ⁴  to our confidence and the hope we take pride in. ⁵ 

Hebrews 9:15

9:15 And so he is the mediator ⁶  of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the eternal inheritance he has promised, ⁷  since he died ⁸  to set them free from the violations committed under the first covenant.

Hebrews 11:4

11:4 By faith Abel offered God a greater sacrifice than Cain, and through his faith ⁹  he was commended as righteous, because God commended him for his offerings. And through his faith ¹⁰  he still speaks, though he is dead.

Hebrews 11:13

11:13 These all died in faith without receiving the things promised, ¹¹  but they saw them in the distance and welcomed them and acknowledged that they were strangers and foreigners ¹²  on the earth.

Hebrews 12:25

12:25 Take care not to refuse the one who is speaking! For if they did not escape when they refused the one who warned them on earth, how much less shall we, if we reject the one who warns from heaven?

[3:6]  ¹ sn The Greek makes the contrast between v. 5 and v. 6a more emphatic and explicit than is easily done in English.

[3:6]  ² tn Grk “his”; in the translation the referent (God) has been specified for clarity.

[3:6]  ³ tn Grk “whose house we are,” continuing the previous sentence.

[3:6]  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.

[3:6]  ⁵ tn Grk “the pride of our hope.”

[9:15]  ⁶ tn The Greek word μεσίτης (mesith", “mediator”) in this context does not imply that Jesus was a mediator in the contemporary sense of the word, i.e., he worked for compromise between opposing parties. Here the term describes his function as the one who was used by God to enact a new covenant which established a new relationship between God and his people, but entirely on God’s terms.

[9:15]  ⁷ tn Grk “the promise of the eternal inheritance.”

[9:15]  ⁸ tn Grk “a death having occurred.”

[11:4]  ¹¹ tn Or “through his sacrifice”; Grk “through which.”

[11:4]  ¹² tn Or “through his sacrifice”; Grk “through it.”

[11:13]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “the promises,” referring to the things God promised, not to the pledges themselves.

[11:13]  ¹⁷ tn Or “sojourners.”