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Jesus Our Apostle and High Priest
Hebrews 3:1-6 tells believers to consider Jesus carefully. It compares Jesus with Moses, praises Moses’ faithfulness, and then shows that Christ is worthy of greater glory.
Understanding the passage
The setting of these words
The passage speaks to “holy brothers” who share in a “heavenly calling”. It names Jesus as “the Apostle and High Priest of our confession”, then explains his faithfulness, Moses’ faithfulness, and the difference between a servant in the house and the Son over the house.
Hebrews 3:1–6Main takeaway
Believers are called to hold fast their confidence and the glorying of their hope firm to the end as Christ’s house.
Follow the letter’s teaching
Open a card to explore the full explanation and its Bible references.
01Consider JesusThe writer addresses “holy brothers” who share a “heavenly calling” and tells them to “consider” Jesus.
Explanation
The writer addresses “holy brothers” who share a “heavenly calling” and tells them to “consider” Jesus. He is called “the Apostle and High Priest of our confession”. The verse gives both the command and the titles, keeping the readers’ attention fixed on Jesus himself.
02Faithful like Moses, yet greaterJesus was faithful to the one who appointed him, and Moses also was faithful “in all his house”.
Explanation
Jesus was faithful to the one who appointed him, and Moses also was faithful “in all his house”. Then the comparison moves further. Jesus is counted worthy of more glory than Moses, just as a builder has more honour than the house that was built.
03The builder and the houseThe house image explains the argument. The passage says that the builder has more honour than the house, and that every house is built by someone.
Explanation
The house image explains the argument. The passage says that the builder has more honour than the house, and that every house is built by someone. It then adds that “he who built all things is God”, showing why the builder-house comparison matters here.
04Servant in the house, Son over itMoses was faithful in God’s house “as a servant” and his service testified to things afterward spoken.
Explanation
Moses was faithful in God’s house “as a servant” and his service testified to things afterward spoken. Christ is faithful “as a Son over his house”. The passage ends by saying, “We are his house,” if we hold fast our confidence and the glorying of our hope firm to the end.
Questions to explore
Pause, look back at the verses and talk together.
01What does the writer tell the readers to do with Jesus in verse 1?
Answer from the command in the verse, then name the two titles given to Jesus there.
02How does the house and builder comparison show that Jesus has more glory than Moses?
Follow the logic from “more glory than Moses” to the statement that the builder has more honour than the house.
03What difference does the passage make between Moses and Christ in relation to God’s house?
Use the exact contrast in the text: Moses is “as a servant” and Christ is “as a Son over his house”.
Read the Bible passage
World English Bible ClassicScripture quotation · Public domain
Hebrews 3:1–6
1Therefore, holy brothers, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession: Jesus,
2who was faithful to him who appointed him, as also Moses was in all his house.
3For he has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, because he who built the house has more honor than the house.
4For every house is built by someone; but he who built all things is God.
5Moses indeed was faithful in all his house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were afterward to be spoken,
6but Christ is faithful as a Son over his house. We are his house, if we hold fast our confidence and the glorying of our hope firm to the end.