Hebrews 4 — TCENT
4Verse 1Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest remains open, let us proceed with fear so that none of you may be found to have fallen short of it.Verse 2For we also have received good news just as they did. But the message they heard did not benefit them, since+they were not united by faith with those who listened.Verse 3For we who have believed enter that rest. As for the others, God has said,
“As I swore in my wrath,
‘They shall never enter my rest!’ ”
Now God's works have been finished from the foundation of the world.Verse 4For in one place it speaks about the seventh day as follows: “On the seventh day God rested from all his works.”Verse 5But again, God says in the passage above: “They shall never enter my rest!”Verse 6Therefore, since God's rest remains open for some to enter, and those who formerly received good news did not enter because of their disobedience,Verse 7he again designates a certain day, calling it “Today,” as he says through David much later, in the passage already quoted,
“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 9So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God.Verse 10For anyone who has entered God's rest has rested from his own works, just as God rested from his.Verse 11Therefore let us make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall into the same pattern of disobedience.Verse 12For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the point of dividing soul from spirit, and joints from marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.Verse 13No creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give an account.
“As I swore in my wrath,
‘They shall never enter my rest!’ ”
Now God's works have been finished from the foundation of the world.Verse 4For in one place it speaks about the seventh day as follows: “On the seventh day God rested from all his works.”Verse 5But again, God says in the passage above: “They shall never enter my rest!”Verse 6Therefore, since God's rest remains open for some to enter, and those who formerly received good news did not enter because of their disobedience,Verse 7he again designates a certain day, calling it “Today,” as he says through David much later, in the passage already quoted,
“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 9So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God.Verse 10For anyone who has entered God's rest has rested from his own works, just as God rested from his.Verse 11Therefore let us make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall into the same pattern of disobedience.Verse 12For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the point of dividing soul from spirit, and joints from marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.Verse 13No creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give an account.