| 4 | Hebrews | ||
| 1 | Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest remains, let us fear lest any of you be judged to have failed to reach it. | ||
| 2 | For good news came to us just as to them; but the message which they heard did not benefit them, because it did not meet with faith in the hearers. | ||
| 3 | For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said, 'They shall never enter my rest,'" | - As I swore in my wrath Hb.4.3 - Ps.95.11 | |
| 4 | For he has somewhere spoken of the seventh day in this way, "And God rested on the seventh day from all his works." | - And God rested on the seventh day Hb.4.4 - Gn.2.2 | |
| 5 | And again in this place he said, | - They shall never enter my rest. Hb.4.5 - Ps.95.11 | |
| 6 | Since therefore it remains for some to enter it, and those who formerly received the good news failed to enter because of disobedience, | ||
| 7 | again he sets a certain day, "Today," saying through David so long afterward, in the words already quoted, do not harden your hearts." | - Today, when you hear his voice Hb.4.7-11 - Ps.95.7-8 | |
| 8 | For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not speak later of another day. | ||
| 9 | So then, there remains a sabbath rest for the people of God; | ||
| 10 | for whoever enters God's rest also ceases from his labours as God did from his. | ||
| 11 | Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, that no one fall by the same sort of disobedience. | ||
| 12 | For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and spirit, of joints and marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. | ||
| 13 | And before him no creature is hidden, but all are open and laid bare to the eyes of him with whom we have to do. | ||
| 14 | Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. | Jesus the Great High Priest Hb.4.14-5.10 | |
| 15 | For we have not a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. | ||
| 16 | Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. | ||
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