Hebrews 3:15-4:3

Contemporary English Version

^15 (A) The Scriptures say,

^16 (B) Who were those people that heard God's voice and rebelled? Weren't they the same ones that came out of Egypt with Moses? ¹⁷ Who were the people that made God angry for 40 years? Weren't they the ones that sinned and died in the desert? ¹⁸ And who did God say would never enter his place of rest? Weren't they the ones that disobeyed him? ¹⁹ We see that those people did not enter the place of rest because they did not have faith.

4 The promise to enter the place of rest is still good, and we must take care that none of you miss out. ² We have heard the message, just as they did. But they failed to believe what they heard, and the message did not do them any good. ^3 (C) Only people who have faith will enter the place of rest. It is just as the Scriptures say,

God said this, even though everything has been ready from the time of creation.