1. We must pay more careful
attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.
2. For if the message spoken by angels was binding, and every violation
and disobedience received its just punishment,
3. how shall we escape if we ignore such a great salvation? This salvation,
which was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who
heard him.
1. Therefore, holy brothers,
who share in the heavenly calling, fix your thoughts on Jesus, the apostle
and high priest whom we confess.
2. He was faithful to the one who appointed him, just as Moses was faithful
in all God's house.
3. Jesus has been found worthy of greater honor than Moses, just as the
builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself.
4. For every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything.
5. Moses was faithful as a servant in all God's house, testifying to what
would be said in the future.
6. But Christ is faithful as a son over God's house. And we are his house,
if we hold on to our courage and the hope of which we boast.
7. So, as the Holy Spirit says: "Today, if you hear his voice,
8. do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion, during the time
of testing in the desert,