“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.”
But Christ is faithful as the Son over his father's house. And we are his house, if indeed we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope in which we glory — the contrast reaches its apex: Christ is not a servant but a son, not in the house but over it. The conditional clause establishes that the readers' status as Christ's household depends on their perseverance in confidence and boast.
Church Fathers on Hebrews 3:6
“But Christ as a Son.” The one takes care of the property of others, but this One of His own. “And the rejoicing of the hope.” Well said he “of the hope.” For since the good things were all in hope, and yet we ought so “to hold it fast,” as even now to glory as for things which had already come to pass: for this cause he says, “the rejoicing of the hope.” And adds, “let us hold it firm unto the end.” Romans 8:24 For “by hope we are saved”; if therefore “we are saved by…
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