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The Believer’s Rest

Therefore, let us fear, lest, while a promise remains of entering His rest, any one of you may seem to have (A)fallen short of it. For indeed we have had good news proclaimed to us, just as they also; but (B)the word [a]that was heard did not profit those [b]who were not united with faith among those who heard. For we who have believed enter that rest, just as He has said,

(C)As I swore in My wrath,
They shall not enter My rest,”

although His works were finished (D)from the foundation of the world. For He has spoken (E)somewhere in this way concerning the seventh day: “(F)And God (G)rested on the seventh day from all His works”; and again in this passage, “(H)They shall not enter My rest.”

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 4:2 Lit of hearing
  2. Hebrews 4:2 Some mss because it was not united with faith

The Rest that Remains for the People of God

Therefore let us fear, while there[a] remains a promise of entering into his rest, that none of you appear to fall short of it. For we also have had the good news proclaimed to us[b], just as those also did, but the message they heard[c] did not benefit them, because they[d] were not united with those who heard it in faith. For we who have believed enter into rest,[e] just as he has said,

“As I swore in my anger,
They will never enter[f] into my rest.’”[g]

And yet these works have been accomplished from the foundation of the world. For he has spoken somewhere about the seventh day in this way: “And God rested on the seventh day from all his works,”[h] and in this passage again, ‘They will never enter[i] into my rest.’”[j]

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 4:1 Here “while” is supplied as a component of the participle (“remains”) which is understood as temporal
  2. Hebrews 4:2 Literally “for we are also having had the good news proclaimed”
  3. Hebrews 4:2 Literally “of hearing”
  4. Hebrews 4:2 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“united”) which is understood as causal
  5. Hebrews 4:3 Some manuscripts have “that rest”
  6. Hebrews 4:3 Literally “if they will enter”
  7. Hebrews 4:3 A quotation from Ps 95:11
  8. Hebrews 4:4 A quotation from Gen 2:2
  9. Hebrews 4:5 Literally “if they will enter”
  10. Hebrews 4:5 A quotation from Ps 95:11