³ For we who have believed are entering that rest, just as God^[a] has said,

though his works were finished since the foundation of the world.

²⁸ “Come to me, all you who are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.^{(A) 29} Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.^(B)

²⁰ He was destined before the foundation of the world but was revealed at the end of the ages for your sake.^(A)

³¹ God saw everything that he had made, and indeed, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.^(A)

²⁶ for then he would have had to suffer again and again since the foundation of the world. But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to remove sin by the sacrifice of himself.^(A)

⁴ just as he chose us in Christ^[a] before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless before him in love.^(A)

³⁵ This was to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet:^[a]