Hebrews 3:2
3:2 who is faithful to the one who appointed him, as Moses was also in God’s 1 house. 2
Hebrews 3:6
3:6 But Christ 3 is faithful as a son over God’s 4 house. We are of his house, 5 if in fact we hold firmly 6 to our confidence and the hope we take pride in. 7
1 tn Grk “his”; in the translation the referent (God) has been specified for clarity.
2 tc ‡ The reading adopted by the translation follows a few early mss and some versions (Ì13,46vid B vgms co Ambr). The majority of mss (א A C D Ψ 0243 0278 33 1739 1881 Ï lat sy) insert “all” (“in all his house”), apparently in anticipation of Heb 3:5 which quotes directly from Num 12:7. On balance, the omission better explains the rise of ὅλῳ ({olw, “all”) than vice versa. NA27 puts ὅλῳ in brackets, indicating doubts as to its authenticity.
3 sn The Greek makes the contrast between v. 5 and v. 6a more emphatic and explicit than is easily done in English.
4 tn Grk “his”; in the translation the referent (God) has been specified for clarity.
5 tn Grk “whose house we are,” continuing the previous sentence.
6 tc The reading adopted by the translation is found in Ì13,46 B sa, while the vast majority of mss (א A C D Ψ 0243 0278 33 1739 1881 Ï latt) add μέχρι τέλους βεβαίαν (mecri telou" bebaian, “secure until the end”). The external evidence for the omission, though minimal, has excellent credentials. Considering the internal factors, B. M. Metzger (TCGNT 595) finds it surprising that the feminine adjective βεβαίαν should modify the neuter noun καύχημα (kauchma, here translated “we take pride”), a fact that suggests that even the form of the word was borrowed from another place. Since the same phrase occurs at Heb 3:14, it is likely that later scribes added it here at Heb 3:6 in anticipation of Heb 3:14. While these words belong at 3:14, they seem foreign to 3:6.
7 tn Grk “the pride of our hope.”