en_tn_lite_do_not_use/heb/03/01.md

Connecting Statement:

This second warning is longer and more detailed and includes chapters 3 and 4. The writer begins by showing that Christ is better than his servant Moses.

holy brothers

Here "brothers" refer to fellow Christians, including both men and women. AT: "holy brothers and sisters" or "my holy fellow believers" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-gendernotations)

you share in a heavenly calling

Here "heavenly" represents God. AT: "God has called us together" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)

the apostle and high priest

Here the word "apostle" means someone who has been sent. In this passage, it does not refer to any of the twelve apostles. AT: "the one whom God sent and is the high priest"

of our confession

This can be reworded so that the abstract noun "confession" is expressed as the verb "confess." AT: "whom we confess" or "in whom we believe" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns)