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So, my dear Christian friends, companions in following this call to the heights, take a good hard look at Jesus. He's the centerpiece of everything we believe,

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Therefore, holy brothers, who share in the heavenly calling, fix your thoughts on Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess.

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Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Christ Jesus,

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And so, dear brothers and sisters who belong to God and are bound for heaven, think about this Jesus whom we declare to be God's Messenger and High Priest.

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faithful in everything God gave him to do. Moses was also faithful,

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He was faithful to the one who appointed him, just as Moses was faithful in all God's house.

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who was faithful to Him who appointed Him, as Moses also was faithful in all His house.

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For he was faithful to God, who appointed him, just as Moses served faithfully and was entrusted with God's entire house.

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but Jesus gets far more honor. A builder is more valuable than a building any day.

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Jesus has been found worthy of greater honor than Moses, just as the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself.

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For this One has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as He who built the house has more honor than the house.

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But Jesus deserves far more glory than Moses, just as a person who builds a fine house deserves more praise than the house itself.

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Every house has a builder, but the Builder behind them all is God.

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For every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything.

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For every house is built by someone, but He who built all things is God.

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For every house has a builder, but God is the one who made everything.

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Moses did a good job in God's house, but it was all servant work, getting things ready for what was to come.

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Moses was faithful as a servant in all God's house, testifying to what would be said in the future.

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And Moses indeed was faithful in all His house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which would be spoken afterward,

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Moses was certainly faithful in God's house, but only as a servant. His work was an illustration of the truths God would reveal later.

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Christ as Son is in charge of the house. Now, if we can only keep a firm grip on this bold confidence, we're the house!

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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.

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but Christ as a Son over His own house, whose house we are if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm to the end.

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But Christ, the faithful Son, was in charge of the entire household. And we are God's household, if we keep up our courage and remain confident in our hope in Christ.

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That's why the Holy Spirit says, Today, please listen;

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So, as the Holy Spirit says: "Today, if you hear his voice,

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Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: "Today, if you will hear His voice,

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That is why the Holy Spirit says, "Today you must listen to his voice.

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don't turn a deaf ear as in "the bitter uprising," that time of wilderness testing!

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do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion, during the time of testing in the desert,

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Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, In the day of trial in the wilderness,

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Don't harden your hearts against him as Israel did when they rebelled, when they tested God's patience in the wilderness.

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Even though they watched me at work for forty years, your ancestors refused to let me do it my way; over and over they tried my patience.

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where your fathers tested and tried me and for forty years saw what I did.

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Where your fathers tested Me, tried Me, And saw My works forty years.

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There your ancestors tried my patience, even though they saw my miracles for forty years.

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And I was provoked, oh, so provoked! I said, "They'll never keep their minds on God; they refuse to walk down my road."

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That is why I was angry with that generation, and I said, 'Their hearts are always going astray, and they have not known my ways.'

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Therefore I was angry with that generation, And said, "They always go astray in their heart, And they have not known My ways.'

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So I was angry with them, and I said, 'Their hearts always turn away from me. They refuse to do what I tell them.'

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Exasperated, I vowed, "They'll never get where they're going, never be able to sit down and rest."

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So I declared on oath in my anger, 'They shall never enter my rest.'"

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So I swore in My wrath, "They shall not enter My rest."'

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So in my anger I made a vow: 'They will never enter my place of rest.'"

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So watch your step, friends. Make sure there's no evil unbelief lying around that will trip you up and throw you off course, diverting you from the living God.

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See to it, brothers, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God.

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Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God;

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Be careful then, dear brothers and sisters. Make sure that your own hearts are not evil and unbelieving, turning you away from the living God.

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For as long as it's still God's Today, keep each other on your toes so sin doesn't slow down your reflexes.

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But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin's deceitfulness.

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but exhort one another daily, while it is called "Today," lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

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You must warn each other every day, as long as it is called "today," so that none of you will be deceived by sin and hardened against God.

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If we can only keep our grip on the sure thing we started out with, we're in this with Christ for the long haul.

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We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly till the end the confidence we had at first.

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For we have become partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end,

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For if we are faithful to the end, trusting God just as firmly as when we first believed, we will share in all that belongs to Christ.

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These words keep ringing in our ears: Today, please listen; don't turn a deaf ear as in the bitter uprising.

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As has just been said: "Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion."

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while it is said: "Today, if you will hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion."

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But never forget the warning: "Today you must listen to his voice. Don't harden your hearts against him as Israel did when they rebelled."

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For who were the people who turned a deaf ear? Weren't they the very ones Moses led out of Egypt?

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Who were they who heard and rebelled? Were they not all those Moses led out of Egypt?

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For who, having heard, rebelled? Indeed, was it not all who came out of Egypt, led by Moses?

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And who were those people who rebelled against God, even though they heard his voice? Weren't they the ones Moses led out of Egypt?

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And who was God provoked with for forty years? Wasn't it those who turned a deaf ear and ended up corpses in the wilderness?

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And with whom was he angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the desert?

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Now with whom was He angry forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose corpses fell in the wilderness?

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And who made God angry for forty years? Wasn't it the people who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?

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And when he swore that they'd never get where they were going, wasn't he talking to the ones who turned a deaf ear?

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And to whom did God swear that they would never enter his rest if not to those who disobeyed?

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And to whom did He swear that they would not enter His rest, but to those who did not obey?

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And to whom was God speaking when he vowed that they would never enter his place of rest? He was speaking to those who disobeyed him.

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They never got there because they never listened, never believed.

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So we see that they were not able to enter, because of their unbelief.

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So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.

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So we see that they were not allowed to enter his rest because of their unbelief.