Hebrews 4:1-7
Holman Christian Standard Bible
The Promised Rest
4 Therefore, while the promise to enter His rest remains, let us fear that none of you should miss it.[a] 2 For we also have received the good news just as they did; but the message they heard did not benefit them, since they were not united with those who heard it in faith[b](A) 3 (for we who have believed enter the rest), in keeping with what[c] He has said:
And yet His works have been finished since the foundation of the world, 4 for somewhere He has spoken about the seventh day in this way:
5 Again, in that passage He says, They will never enter My rest.[f] 6 Since it remains for some to enter it, and those who formerly received the good news did not enter because of disobedience,(D) 7 again, He specifies a certain day—today—speaking through David after such a long time, as previously stated:
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- Hebrews 4:1 Or that any of you might seem to have missed it
- Hebrews 4:2 Other mss read since it was not united by faith in those who heard
- Hebrews 4:3 Or rest), just as
- Hebrews 4:3 Ps 95:11
- Hebrews 4:4 Gn 2:2
- Hebrews 4:5 Ps 95:11
- Hebrews 4:7 Ps 95:7-8
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