Hebrews 4:1,6 - Compare All Versions

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Therefore, since the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be found to have fallen short of it.

Therefore since it still remains for some to enter that rest, and since those who formerly had the good news proclaimed to them did not go in because of their disobedience

Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us fear lest any of you should seem to have failed to reach it.

Since therefore it remains for some to enter it, and those who formerly received the good news failed to enter because of disobedience

God’s promise of entering his rest still stands, so we ought to tremble with fear that some of you might fail to experience it.

So God’s rest is there for people to enter, but those who first heard this good news failed to enter because they disobeyed God.

Therefore, since the promise to enter his rest remains, let us beware  that none of you be found to have fallen short.

Therefore, since it remains for some to enter it, and those who formerly received the good news did not enter because of disobedience

Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.

Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief

Therefore, since a promise remains of entering His rest, let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short of it.

Since therefore it remains that some must enter it, and those to whom it was first preached did not enter because of disobedience

For as long, then, as that promise of resting in him pulls us on to God’s goal for us, we need to be careful that we’re not disqualified. We received the same promises as those people in the wilderness, but the promises didn’t do them a bit of good because they didn’t receive the promises with faith. If we believe, though, we’ll experience that state of resting. But not if we don’t have faith. Remember that God said, Exasperated, I vowed, “They’ll never get where they’re going, never be able to sit down and rest.”

God made that vow, even though he’d finished his part before the foundation of the world. Somewhere it’s written, “God rested the seventh day, having completed his work,” but in this other text he says, “They’ll never be able to sit down and rest.” So this promise has not yet been fulfilled. Those earlier ones never did get to the place of rest because they were disobedient. God keeps renewing the promise and setting the date as today, just as he did in David’s psalm, centuries later than the original invitation: Today, please listen, don’t turn a deaf ear . . .

Therefore, we must fear if, while a promise remains of entering His rest, any one of you may seem to have come short of it.

Therefore, since it remains for some to enter it, and those who previously had good news preached to them failed to enter because of disobedience

Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still remains and is freely offered today, let us fear, in case any one of you may seem to come short of reaching it or think he has come too late.

Therefore, since the promise remains for some to enter His rest, and those who formerly had the good news preached to them failed to [grasp it and did not] enter because of [their unbelief evidenced by] disobedience

Therefore we must be wary that, while the promise of entering his rest remains open, none of you may seem to have come short of it.

Therefore it remains for some to enter it, yet those to whom it was previously proclaimed did not enter because of disobedience.