Hebrews 10:21

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“and since we have a great priest over the house of God,”

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Read Hebrews 10:21 in the flow of Hebrews10 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Hebrews10 to see the surrounding context.

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BSBPD

“and since we have a great priest over the house of God,”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And having an high priest over the house of God;”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“and having a great priest over the house of God;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“and a high priest over the house of God,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Hebrews 10:21 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Matthew 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.
  2. 1 Corinthians 3:9For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
  3. 2 Corinthians 6:16What 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.”
  4. Ephesians 2:19Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household,
  5. 1 Timothy 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.
  6. Hebrews 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.
  7. Hebrews 3:1Therefore, holy brothers, who share in the heavenly calling, set your focus on Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess.
  8. Hebrews 3:3For Jesus has been counted worthy of greater glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself.
  9. Hebrews 4:14Therefore, 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.
  10. Hebrews 6:20where Jesus our forerunner has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.
  11. Hebrews 7:26Such a high priest truly befits us—One who is holy, innocent, undefiled, set apart from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.
  12. Hebrews 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,

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