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  • Hebrews 3:6
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 6 but Christ was faithful as a son+ over God’s house. We are His house+ if, indeed, we hold on firmly to our freeness of speech and the hope of which we boast down to the end.

  • Hebrews 3:6
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 6 Χριστὸς Christ δὲ but ὡς as υἱὸς Son ἐπὶ upon τὸν the οἶκον house αὐτοῦ· of him; οὗ of whom οἶκός house ἐσμεν we are ἡμεῖς, we, ἐὰν if ever τὴν the παρρησίαν outspokenness καὶ and τὸ the καύχημα boasting τῆς of the ἐλπίδος hope μέχρι until τέλους end βεβαίαν stable κατάσχωμεν. we should hold down.

  • Hebrews 3:6
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 6 but Christ [was faithful] as a Son+ over the house of that One. We are the house of that One,+ if we make fast our hold on our freeness of speech and our boasting over the hope firm to the end.*+

  • Hebrews 3:6
    The Bible in Living English
    • 6* but Christ as a son over his house; whose house we are if we retain our confidence and prideful hope.

  • Hebrews 3:6
    American Standard Version
    • 6 but Christ as a son, over his house; whose house are we, if we hold fast our boldness and the glorying of our hope firm unto the end.

  • Hebrews 3:6
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 6 But Christ as a Son over his house,—Whose house are we——if the freedom of speech and boast of the hope [throughout firm] we hold fast.

  • Hebrews 3:6
    King James Version
    • 6 But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.

  • Hebrews
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2025
    • 3:6 w98 7/15 11-12

  • Hebrews
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 3:6 w84 9/15 31; w84 12/15 30; w81 10/1 20; w73 215-216; g66 5/8 29; w64 553; w62 138, 336; w61 140; w42 88

  • Hebrews
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 3:6

      The Watchtower,

      7/15/1998, pp. 11-12

  • Hebrews Study Notes—Chapter 3
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 3:6

      a son over God’s house: Jesus was far more than an attendant in God’s house, as Moses had been. (Nu 12:7; Heb 3:2, 3, 5) Jehovah appointed his Son to rule as King “over God’s house”​—a newly formed spiritual nation, “the Israel of God,” made up of anointed Christians. (See study notes on Ga 6:16; Col 1:13.) So Jesus had far more glory than did Moses, whom the Jews of Paul’s day regarded as one of the greatest of God’s prophets.

      our freeness of speech: Or “our boldness; our confidence.” As used in the Christian Greek Scriptures, the expression rendered “freeness of speech” can refer to speaking up boldly as well as to approaching Jehovah confidently in worship. The Hebrew Christians were surrounded by Jews who adhered to the Mosaic Law’s arrangements for approach to God. The Jews considered their way of worship far superior to the Christian way of worship. So these Christians needed boldness to preach the good news about Jesus as the true Messiah. (Compare study notes on Ac 4:13; 28:31.) They also needed to remain confident that through Jesus, they were free to approach Jehovah in worship and in prayer.​—See study notes on Eph 3:12; Heb 4:16.

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