Hebrews 4 — BSB
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The Sabbath Rest
4Verse 1Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be deemed to have fallen short of it.Verse 2For we also received the good news just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, since they did not share the faith of those who comprehended it.+Verse 3Now we who have believed enter that rest. As for the others, it is just as God has said:“So I swore on oath in My anger,‘They shall never enter My rest.’”+
And yet His works have been finished since the foundation of the world.Verse 4For somewhere He has spoken about the seventh day in this manner: “And on the seventh day God rested from all His works.”+Verse 5And again, as He says in the passage above: “They shall never enter My rest.”Verse 6Since, then, it remains for some to enter His rest, and since those who formerly heard the good news did not enter because of their disobedience,Verse 7God again designated a certain day as “Today,” when a long time later He spoke through David as was just stated: “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts.”+Verse 8For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day.Verse 9There remains, then, a Sabbath rest for the people of God.Verse 10For whoever enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from His.Verse 11Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.