Hebrews 4:1-7

Contemporary English Version

4 The promise to enter the place of rest is still good, and we must take care that none of you miss out. ²We 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^(A) Only people who have faith will enter the place of rest. It is just as the Scriptures say,

“God became angry
and told the people,
‘You will never enter
my place of rest!’ ”

God said this, even though everything has been ready from the time of creation. ⁴^(B) In fact, somewhere the Scriptures say that by the seventh day, God had finished his work, and so he rested. ⁵^(C) We also read that he later said, “You people will never enter my place of rest!” ⁶This means that the promise to enter is still good, because those who first heard about it disobeyed and did not enter. ⁷^(D) Much later God told David to make the promise again, just as I have already said,