3:1   My friends, God has chosen you to be his holy people. So think about Jesus, the one we call our apostle and high priest!

3:2   Jesus was faithful to God, who appointed him, just as Moses was faithful in serving all of God's people.

3:3   But Jesus deserves more honor than Moses, just as the builder of a house deserves more honor than the house.

3:4   Of course, every house is built by someone, and God is really the one who built everything.

3:5   Moses was a faithful servant and told God's people what would be said in the future.

3:6   But Christ is the Son in charge of God's people. And we are those people, if we keep on being brave and don't lose hope.

3:7   It is just as the Holy Spirit says, "If you hear God's voice today,

3:8   don't be stubborn! Don't rebel like those people who were tested in the desert. *

3:9   For forty years your ancestors tested God and saw the things he did.

3:10   "Then God got tired of them and said, 'You people never show good sense, and you don't understand what I want you to do.'

3:11   God became angry and told the people, 'You will never enter my place of rest!' "

3:12   My friends, watch out! Don't let evil thoughts or doubts make any of you turn from the living God.

3:13   You must encourage one another each day. And you must keep on while there is still a time that can be called "today." If you don't, then sin may fool some of you and make you stubborn.

3:14   We were sure about Christ when we first became his people. So let's hold tightly to our faith until the end.

3:15   The Scriptures say, "If you hear his voice today, don't be stubborn like those who rebelled."

3:16   Who were those people that heard God's voice and rebelled? Weren't they the same ones that came out of Egypt with Moses?

3:17   Who were the people that made God angry for forty years? Weren't they the ones that sinned and died in the desert?

3:18   And who did God say would never enter his place of rest? Weren't they the ones that disobeyed him?

3:19   We see that those people did not enter the place of rest because they did not have faith.