Hebrews 4:6,11 - Compare All Versions

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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

Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will perish by following their example of disobedience.

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

Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience.

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.

So let us do our best to enter that rest. But if we disobey God, as the people of Israel did, we will fall.

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, then, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall into the same pattern of disobedience.

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

Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.

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

Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience.

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 . . .

And so this is still a live promise. It wasn’t canceled at the time of Joshua; otherwise, God wouldn’t keep renewing the appointment for “today.” The promise of “arrival” and “rest” is still there for God’s people. God himself is at rest. And at the end of the journey we’ll surely rest with God. So let’s keep at it and eventually arrive at the place of rest, not drop out through some sort of disobedience.

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 let’s make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following the same example of disobedience.

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

Let us therefore make every effort to enter that rest [of God, to know and experience it for ourselves], so that no one will fall by following the same example of disobedience [as those who died in the wilderness].

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

Thus we must make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.