Hebrews 3:12-4:2

New International Reader's Version

¹²Brothers and sisters, make sure that none of you has a sinful heart. Do not let an unbelieving heart turn you away from the living God. ¹³But build one another up every day. Do it as long as there is still time. Then none of you will become stubborn. You won’t be fooled by sin’s tricks. ¹⁴We belong to Christ if we hold tightly to the faith we had at first. But we must hold it tightly until the end. ¹⁵It has just been said,

“Listen to his voice today.
If you hear it, don’t be stubborn.
You were stubborn when you opposed me.” (Psalm 95:7,8)

¹⁶Who were those who heard and refused to obey? Weren’t they all the people Moses led out of Egypt? ¹⁷Who was God angry with for 40 years? Wasn’t it with those who sinned? They died in the desert. ¹⁸God promised that those people would never enjoy the rest he planned for them. God gave his word when he made that promise. Didn’t he make that promise to those who didn’t obey? ¹⁹So we see that they weren’t able to enter. That’s because they didn’t believe.

God’s People Enter His Sabbath Rest

4 God’s promise of enjoying his rest still stands. So be careful that none of you fails to receive it. ²The good news was announced to our people of long ago. It has also been preached to us. The message they heard didn’t have any value for them. That’s because they didn’t share the faith of those who obeyed.