Hebrews 4
“Therefore, we must fear
if, while a promise remains of entering HIS rest, any one of you may seem to
have come short of it.
2 For
indeed we have had GOOD
NEWS preached to us, just as they also did; but the
word they heard did not benefit them, because they were not united
with those who listened with faith.
3 For we
who have believed enter that rest, just as HE has said,
‘As I swore in MY anger, they
certainly shall not enter MY rest’,
although HIS works were
finished from the foundation of the world.
4 For HE
has said somewhere concerning the seventh day:
‘And GOD rested on the
seventh day from all HIS works.’’
5 and again in this passage,
‘They certainly shall not
enter MY rest.’
6 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,
7 HE again
sets 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.’
8 For if Joshua
had given them rest,
HE would not have spoken
of another day after that.
9 Consequently,
there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of GOD.
10 For THE ONE WHO HAS ENTERED HIS REST
HIMSELF also rested from HIS works, as GOD did from HIS.
11 Therefore
let’s make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following the
same example of disobedience.
12 For THE WORD OF GOD
is
LIVING AND ACTIVE, and
SHARPER THAN ANY TWO-EDGED SWORD, EVEN PENETRATING AS FAR
AS THE DIVISION OF SOUL AND SPIRIT, OF BOTH JOINTS AND MARROW
ABLE TO JUDGE THE THOUGHTS AND INTENTIONS OF THE HEART.
13 And there
is NO CREATURE HIDDEN
FROM HIS SIGHT, but
ALL THINGS ARE OPEN AND LAID BARE TO THE EYES OF HIM TO WHOM WE MUST
ANSWER.
14 Therefore,
since we have a GREAT
HIGH PRIEST WHO HAS PASSED THROUGH THE HEAVENS, JESUS THE SON OF GOD, let’s hold firmly to
our confession.
15 For we
do not have a HIGH
PRIEST WHO cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but ONE WHO HAS
BEEN TEMPTED IN ALL THINGS JUST AS WE ARE, YET WITHOUT SIN.
16 Therefore let’s approach the throne of GRACE
with confidence, so that we may receive MERCY and find GRACE FOR HELP AT THE TIME OF OUR NEED.
