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Text -- Hebrews 4:1-16 (NET)
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God’s Promised Rest
4:1 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.
4:2 For we had good news proclaimed to us just as they did. But the message they heard did them no good , since they did not join in with those who heard it in faith .
4:3 For we who have believed enter that rest , as he has said , “As I swore in my anger , ‘They will never enter my rest !’” And yet God’s works were accomplished from the foundation of the world .
4:4 For he has spoken somewhere about the seventh day in this way : “And God rested on the seventh day from all his works ,”
4:5 but to repeat the text cited earlier: “They will never enter my rest !”
4:6 Therefore it remains for some to enter it, yet those to whom it was previously proclaimed did not enter because of disobedience .
4:7 So God again ordains a certain day , “Today ,” speaking through David after so long a time , as in the words quoted before , “O, that today you would listen as he speaks ! Do not harden your hearts .”
4:8 For if Joshua had given them rest , God would not have spoken afterward about another day .
4:9 Consequently a Sabbath rest remains for the people of God .
4:10 For the one who enters God’s rest has also rested from his works , just as God did from his own works .
4:11 Thus we must make every effort to enter that rest , so that no one may fall by following the same pattern of disobedience .
4:12 For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any double-edged sword , piercing even to the point of dividing soul from spirit , and joints from marrow ; it is able to judge the desires and thoughts of the heart .
4:13 And no creature is hidden from God , but everything is naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must render an account .
Jesus Our Compassionate High Priest
4:14 Therefore since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens , Jesus the Son of God , let us hold fast to our confession .
4:15 For we do not have a high priest incapable of sympathizing with our weaknesses , but one who has been tempted in every way just as we are , yet without sin .
4:16 Therefore let us confidently approach the throne of grace to receive mercy and find grace whenever we need help .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
HEBREWS, EPISTLE TO THE |
Rest |
Regeneration |
Faith |
Salvation |
Works |
Procrastination |
Unbelief |
Prayer |
Prophecy |
Word of God |
Righteous |
Quotations and Allusions |
Jesus, The Christ |
Heaven |
JESUS |
Anthropomorphisms |
Secret |
Sabbath |
Holiness |
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NET Notes: Heb 4:2 A few mss (א and a few versional witnesses) have the nominative singular participle συγκεκερασ...
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NET Notes: Heb 4:3 Grk “although the works,” continuing the previous reference to God. The referent (God) is specified in the translation for clarity.
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NET Notes: Heb 4:10 Grk “his”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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NET Notes: Heb 4:13 Grk “him”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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