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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.

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The Believer’s Rest

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

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For good news came to us just as to them, but the message they heard did not benefit them, because they were not united by faith with those who listened.a

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For indeed we have had good news preached to us, just as they also; but the word they heard did not profit them, because it was not united by faith in those who heard.

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For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said,
“As I swore in my wrath,
‘They shall not enter my rest,’”
although his works were finished from the foundation of the world.

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For we who have believed enter that rest, just as He has said,
“AS I SWORE IN MY WRATH,
THEY SHALL NOT ENTER MY REST,”
although His works were finished from the foundation of the world.

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For he has somewhere spoken of the seventh day in this way: “And God rested on the seventh day from all his works.”

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For He has said somewhere concerning the seventh day: “AND GOD RESTED ON THE SEVENTH DAY FROM ALL HIS WORKS”;

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And again in this passage he said,
“They shall not enter my rest.”

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and again in this passage, “THEY SHALL NOT ENTER MY REST.”

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

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

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again he appoints a certain day, “Today,” saying through David so long afterward, in the words already quoted,
“Today, if you hear his voice,
do not harden your hearts.”

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He again fixes a certain day, “Today,” saying through David after so long a time just as has been said before,
“TODAY IF YOU HEAR HIS VOICE,
DO NOT HARDEN YOUR HEARTS.”

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For if Joshua had given them rest, Godb would not have spoken of another day later on.

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For if Joshua had given them rest, He would not have spoken of another day after that.

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So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God,

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So there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God.

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for whoever has entered God’s rest has also rested from his works as God did from his.

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For the one who has entered His rest has himself also rested from his works, as God did from His.

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

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Therefore let us be diligent to enter that rest, so that no one will fall, through following the same example of disobedience.

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For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

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For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

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And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.

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And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are open and laid bare to the eyes of Him with whom we have to do.

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Jesus the Great High Priest

Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.

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Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.

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For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.

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For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin.

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Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

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Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

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