and since we have a great priest over the house of God,
Parallel translations
- WEB and having a great priest over God’s house,
- KJV And having an high priest over the house of God;
- NKJV and having a High Priest over the house of God,
- NASB and since we have a great priest over the house of God,
- NLT And since we have a great High Priest who rules over God’s house,
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Quick answer
We have a great priest over God's household. Christ presides over God's people as our high priest.
Overview
The author reminds believers that Christ is not only the way to God but 'a great priest over God's house'. As the supreme high priest, he ministers on our behalf and rules over the household of faith. This priesthood guarantees our welcome and care in God's presence.
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Cross-references · 12
- Heb 2:17For this reason He had to be made like His brothers in every way, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, in order to make atonement for the sins of the people.
- Heb 4:14–16Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we profess.
- Heb 8:1The point of what we are saying is this: We do have such a high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,
- Heb 6:20where Jesus our forerunner has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.
- Heb 7:26Such a high priest truly befits us—One who is holy, innocent, undefiled, set apart from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.
- Eph 2:19–22Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household,
- Heb 3:1Therefore, holy brothers, who share in the heavenly calling, set your focus on Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess.
- Heb 3:3–6For Jesus has been counted worthy of greater glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself.
- 1 Tim 3:15in case I am delayed, so that you will know how each one must conduct himself in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.
- 2 Cor 6:16–17What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.”
- 1 Cor 3:9–17For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
- Matt 16:18And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.
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