Hebrews 4
4
1Therefore let's take care to make sure that even though God has given us his promise of entering his rest, none of you miss out! 2For we've heard the good news just like they did, but it didn't help them because they didn't accept and trust in what they heard. 3However, those of us who trust in God have entered into that rest God mentioned when he said, “In my frustration I vowed, ‘They shall not enter my rest.’”#4:3. Quoting Psalms 95:11. (This is so even though God's plans were already complete when he created the world.) 4Regarding the seventh day there's a place in Scripture that says, “God rested on the seventh day from all his work.”#4:4. Quoting Genesis 2:2. 5And as the previous passage stated, “They shall not enter my rest.”
6God's rest is still there for some to enter, even though those who previously heard the good news failed to enter because of disobedience. 7So God again sets a day—today—saying a long time later through David as he did before, “If you hear what God is saying to you today, don't have a hard-hearted attitude.”#4:7. Quoting Psalms 95:7. 8For if Joshua had been able to give them rest, God wouldn't have spoken later about another day. 9So a Sabbath rest remains for God's people. 10For whoever enters God's rest also rests from what he's doing, just as God did.
11As a result we should try hard to enter that rest so nobody falls through following the same bad example of disobedience. 12For God's word is alive and effective, sharper than any twin-edged sword, so penetrating it separates life and breath,#4:12. Greek “psuche” and “pneuma,” sometimes translated “soul” and “spirit,” though it is hard to understand the meaning since in common thought there is no difference between “soul” and “spirit.” The translation of “life” and “breath” is employed since it is considered that this better expresses the original thought. bone joints and their marrow, judging the thoughts and intentions of the mind. 13No living being is hidden from his sight; everything is exposed and visible to the one we're accountable to.
14Since we have such a great high priest who has ascended to heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us make sure we hold on to what we say we believe. 15For the high priest we have isn't one who doesn't sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who was tempted in all the ways we are, but did not sin. 16So we should go confidently to God on his throne of grace so we can receive mercy, and discover grace to help us when we really need it.
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Hebrews 4
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The Rest that Remains for the People of God
1 Therefore let us fear, while there#*Here “while” is supplied as a component of the participle (“remains”) which is understood as temporal remains a promise of entering into his rest, that none of you appear to fall short of it. 2For we also have had the good news proclaimed to us#Literally “for we are also having had the good news proclaimed”, just as those also did, but the message they heard#Literally “of hearing” did not benefit them, because they#*Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“united”) which is understood as causal were not united with those who heard it in faith. 3For we who have believed enter into rest,#Some manuscripts have “that rest” just as he has said,
“As I swore in my anger,
‘They will never enter#Literally “if they will enter” into my rest.’ ”#A quotation from Ps 95:11
And yet these works have been accomplished from the foundation of the world. 4For he has spoken somewhere about the seventh day in this way: “And God rested on the seventh day from all his works,”#A quotation from Gen 2:2 5and in this passage again, ‘They will never enter#Literally “if they will enter” into my rest.’ ”#A quotation from Ps 95:11 6Since therefore it remains for some to enter into it, and the ones to whom the good news was proclaimed previously did not enter because of disobedience, 7again he ordains a certain day, today, speaking by David after so long a time, just as had been said before,
“Today, if you hear his voice,
do not harden your hearts.”#A quotation from Ps 95:7b-8 (see also Heb 3:7–8, 15)
8For if Joshua had caused them to rest, he would not have spoken about another day after these things. 9Consequently a sabbath rest remains for the people of God. 10For the one who has entered into his rest has also himself rested from his works, just as God did from his own works.
11Therefore, let us make every effort to enter into that rest, in order that no one may fall in the same pattern of disobedience. 12For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any double-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, both joints and marrow, and able to judge the reflections and thoughts of the heart. 13And no creature is hidden in the sight of him, but all things are naked and laid bare to the eyes of him to whom we must give our account#Literally “our account”.
Jesus Our Great High Priest
14Therefore, because we have a great high priest who has gone through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession. 15For we do not have a high priest who is not able to sympathize with our weaknesses, but who has been tempted in all things in the same way, without sin. 16Therefore let us approach with confidence to the throne of grace, in order that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
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