Hebrews 4:3-5

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³For we who believe [that is, we who personally trust and confidently rely on God] enter that rest [so we have His inner peace now because we are confident in our salvation, and assured of His power], just as He has said,

“As I swore [an oath] in My wrath,
They shall not enter My rest,”

[this He said] although His works were ^[a]completed from the foundation of the world [waiting for all who would believe].^(A)

⁴For somewhere [in Scripture] He has said this about the seventh day: “And God rested on the seventh day from all His works”;^(B) ⁵and again in this, “They shall not enter My rest.”^(C)

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Footnotes

Hebrews 4:3 God “rested” because everything that needed to be done was done—everything was complete, fully accomplished. In human terms this expression is used when a lawyer completes his presentation in a court of law; he “rests” his case—everything is in evidence, there is nothing left to present.