Hebrews
4
- 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.
- For we also have had the gospel preached
to us, just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them,
because those who heard did not combine it with faith.
- Now we who have believed enter that rest,
just as God has said, "So I declared on oath in my anger, 'They shall
never enter my rest.'" And yet his work has been finished since the creation
of the world.
- For somewhere he has spoken about the seventh
day in these words: "And on the seventh day God rested from all his work."
- And again in the passage above he says,
"They shall never enter my rest."
- It still remains that some will enter that
rest, and those who formerly had the gospel preached to them did not go in,
because of their disobedience.
- Therefore God again set a certain day, calling
it Today, when a long time later he spoke through David, as was said before:
"Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts."
- For if Joshua had given them rest, God would
not have spoken later about another day.
- There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for
the people of God;
- for anyone who enters God's rest also rests
from his own work, just as God did from his.
- Let us, therefore, make every effort to
enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following their example of disobedience.
- For the word of God is living and active.
Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and
spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.
- Nothing in all creation is hidden from God's
sight Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom
we must give account.
- Therefore, since we have a great high priest
who has gone through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly
to the faith we profess.
- For we do not have a high priest who is
unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted
in every way, just as we are--yet was without sin.
- Let us then approach the throne of grace
with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in
our time of need.
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