4 (For every house is built by someone, but *Eph. 2:10;3:9the builder of all things is God.) 5 *ver. 2;Cited from Num. 12:7Now Moses was faithful in all God’s house *Ex. 14:31;Deut. 34:5;Josh. 1:2;8:31;Ps. 105:26;Rev. 15:3as a servant, *Deut. 18:15,18,19to testify to the things that were to be spoken later, 6 but Christ is faithful over God’s house as *See ch. 1:2a son. And *1 Cor. 3:16;6:19;2 Cor. 6:16;Eph. 2:21;1 Tim. 3:15;1 Pet. 2:5we are his house, if indeed we *ver. 14;ch. 6:11;Ps. 119:33,112;Matt. 10:22;Rev. 2:26hold fast our confidence and our boasting in our hope.*3:6 Some manuscripts insert firm to the end