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1 Let’s
fear therefore,
lest perhaps
anyone of you
should seem to
have come short
of a promise
of entering into
his rest.
2 For
indeed we have
had good news
preached to us,
even as they
also did, but
the word they heard
didn’t profit them,
because it wasn’t
mixed with faith
by those who heard.
3 For
we who have
believed do enter
into that rest,
even as he
has said, “As
I swore in
my wrath, they
will not enter
into my rest;”
although the works
were finished from
the foundation of
the world.
4 For
he has said
this somewhere
about the seventh
day, “God rested
on the seventh
day from all
his works;”
5 and
in this place
again, “They will
not enter into
my rest.”
6 Seeing
therefore it remains
that some should
enter into it,
and they to
whom the good
news was preached
before failed to
enter in because
of disobedience,
7 he
again defines a
certain day, “today”, saying through
David so long
a time
afterward (just as
has been said),
“Today if you
will hear his
voice,
don’t harden your
hearts.”
8 For
if Joshua had
given them rest,
he would not
have spoken
afterward of
another day.
9 There remains therefore
a Sabbath rest
for the people
of God.
10 For
he who has
entered into his
rest has himself
also rested from
his works, as
God did from
his.
11 Let’s
therefore give diligence
to enter into
that rest, lest
anyone fall after
the same example
of disobedience.
12 For
the word of
God is living
and active, and
sharper than any
two-edged sword,
piercing even to
the dividing of
soul and spirit,
of both joints and
marrow, and is
able to discern
the thoughts and
intentions of the
heart.
13 There
is no creature
that is hidden
from his sight,
but all things
are naked and
laid open before
the eyes of
him to whom
we must give
an account.
14 Having
then a great
high priest who
has passed through
the heavens, Jesus,
the Son of
God, let’s
hold tightly to
our confession.
15 For
we don’t have
a high priest who
can’t be touched
with the feeling
of our infirmities,
but one who
has been in
all points tempted
like we are,
yet without sin.
16 Let’s
therefore draw
near with boldness
to the throne
of grace, that
we may receive
mercy and may
find grace for help
in time of
need.