Hebrews 3:2

Hebrews 3:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house.
• New International Version (NIV)He was faithful to the one who appointed him, just as Moses was faithful in all God’s house.
• English Standard Version (ESV)who was faithful to him who appointed him, just as Moses also was faithful in all God's house.
• New Living Translation (NLT)For he was faithful to God, who appointed him, just as Moses served faithfully when he was entrusted with God’s entire house.

Context of Hebrews 3:2

1Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Christ Jesus, who was faithful to Him who appointed Him, as Moses also was faithful in all His house. 3For this One has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as 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.

Hebrews 3:2 word by word

πιστὸν ὄντα τῷ ποιήσαντι αὐτὸν ὡς καὶ Μωϋσῆς ἐν ὅλῳ τῷ οἴκῳ αὐτοῦ.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Who wasεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• faithfulπιστόςpistos · faithfulG4103
• to him that appointedποιέωpoieō · to do/make: appointG4160
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• asὡςhōs · as/whenG5613
• alsoκαίkai · andG2532
• MosesΜωϋσῆς, ΜωσῆςMōseus Mōsēs Mōusēs · MosesG3475
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• allὅλοςholos · allG3650
• houseὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• houseοἶκοςoikos · house: householdG3624

Cross-references for Hebrews 3:2

• Hebrews 2:17Therefore, in all things He had to be made like His brethren, that He might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.
• John 6:38For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
• John 7:18He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but He who seeks the glory of the One who sent Him is true, and no unrighteousness is in Him.
• John 8:29And He who sent Me is with Me. The Father has not left Me alone, for I always do those things that please Him.”
• John 15:10If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love.
• John 17:4I have glorified You on the earth. I have finished the work which You have given Me to do.
• 1 Samuel 12:6Then Samuel said to the people, “It is the Lord who raised up Moses and Aaron, and who brought your fathers up from the land of Egypt.
• Hebrews 3:5And Moses indeed was faithful in all His house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which would be spoken afterward,
• Numbers 12:7Not so with My servant Moses; He is faithful in all My house.
• Deuteronomy 4:5“Surely I have taught you statutes and judgments, just as the Lord my God commanded me, that you should act according to them in the land which you go to possess.
• 1 Timothy 1:12And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord who has enabled me, because He counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry,
• Hebrews 3:6but 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.
• Ephesians 2:22in whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.
• 1 Timothy 3:15but if I am delayed, I write so that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

Commentaries on Hebrews 3:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Who was faithful to him - In Numbers 12:7, God gives this testimony to Moses: My servant Moses - is faithful in all my house; and to this testimony the apostle alludes. House not only means the place where a family dwells, but also the family itself. The whole congregation of Israel was the house or family of God, and God is represented as dwelling among them; and Moses was his steward, and was faithful in the discharge of his office; strictly enforcing…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Who was faithful - see the note, Hebrews 2:17. He performed with fidelity all the functions entrusted to him. To him that appointed him - Margin, “made.” The word “made,” however, is used in the sense of constituted, or appointed. The meaning is, that he was faithful to God. Perhaps Paul urges on them the necessity of considering “his fidelity” in order to keep “them” from the danger of apostasy. A leading object of this Epistle was to preserve those whom…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2Jesus was loyal to God and the mission given to him by the Father (Hebrews 5:7–10; 12:1–3; Philippians 2:5–11), just like Moses was (Numbers 12:7). Many Jews in the first century saw Moses as the greatest person in history, even more important than angels.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. He first notes the feature of resemblance between Moses and Christ, in order to conciliate the Hebrew Christians whom He addressed, and who still entertained a very high opinion of Moses; he afterwards brings forward Christ's superiority to Moses. Who was faithful--The Greek implies also that He still is faithful, namely, as our mediating High Priest, faithful to the trust God has assigned Him (He 2:17). So Moses in God's house (Nu 12:7). appointed…Read the comment

Topics related to Hebrews 3:2

• Call
• House
• Jesus Continued
• Minister, Christian
• Obedience
• Types

In the dictionaries

• Moses
• Apostle
• Unbelief
• Author
• Congregation
• Faint
• Faithful; Faithfulness
• Hebrews, Epistle to the
• Lord's Supper; (eucharist)
• Mark

Commentaries on Hebrews 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings