faithfulness through “suffering of death” (2:9). Unlike the latter section, in which the author recalls the faithfulness of the fathers, here he contrasts the faithfulness of the Son to the unfaithfulness of the wilderness generation (3:12, 19; 4:2) in order to urge the community to respond appropriately to its heavenly calling. As the continued discussion in 3:1–6 indicates, the “house” is the family of God, continuing the familial imagery of 2:10–18. The literal reading that he “was faithful to