Hebrews 4:1-10
New Testament for Everyone
Getting through to the sabbath rest
4 So we are naturally afraid that some of you might seem to have missed out on God’s promise of entering his rest, the promise which is still open before us. 2 For we certainly had the good news announced to us, just as they did; but the word which they heard didn’t do them any good, because they were not united in faith with those who heard it. 3 For it is we who believe who enter into the rest; as it has been said,
As I swore in my anger,
they will never enter my rest
—even though God’s works had been complete since the foundation of the world. 4 For it says this somewhere about the seventh day,
And God rested on the seventh day from all his works,
5 and again, in the present passage,
They will never enter my rest.
6 Therefore, since some failed to enter into it, and those who received the good news earlier on didn’t enter because of unbelief, 7 he once again appoints a day, “Today,” saying through David—after such a long interval of time!—in the words already quoted,
Today, if you hear his voice,
don’t harden your hearts.
8 If Joshua had given them rest, you see, he wouldn’t be speaking about another subsequent “rest.” 9 Thus we conclude: there is still a future sabbath “rest” for God’s people. 10 Anyone who enters that “rest” will take a rest from their works, as God did from his.
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