Hebrews 3–4

Wherefore, ^aholy brethren, partakers of ^bthe heavenly ^ccalling, consider ^dthe Apostle and ^eHigh Priest of our ^fprofession, Christ Jesus; ²who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also ^gMoses was faithful in all his house. ³For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as ^hhe who hath ⁱbuilded the house hath more honour than the house. ⁴For every house is ⁱbuilded by some man; but ^jhe that ⁱbuilt all things is God. ⁵And ^gMoses verily was ^kfaithful in all his house, as ^la servant, ^mfor a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after; ⁶but Christ as ⁿa Son over his own house; ^owhose house are we, if we ^phold fast ^qthe confidence and ^rthe rejoicing ^sof the hope firm ^tunto the end. ⁷Wherefore, as ^uthe Holy Ghost saith, ^vTo day if ye will hear his voice, ⁸harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness: ⁹when your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works ^wforty years. ¹⁰Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways. ^11xSo I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.

¹²Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from ^ythe living God. ¹³But ^zexhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened ^athrough the deceitfulness of sin. ¹⁴For we are made partakers of Christ, if we ^bhold the beginning of our ^cconfidence ^bstedfast unto the end; ¹⁵whilst it is said, ^dTo day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation. ¹⁶For ^esome, when they had heard, did ^fprovoke: howbeit ^gnot all that came out of Egypt by Moses. ¹⁷But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, ^hwhose ⁱcarcases fell in the wilderness? ¹⁸And ^kto whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that ^lbelieved not? ¹⁹So we see that ^mthey could not enter in because of ⁿunbelief.

IV.Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you ^ashould seem ^bto come short of it. ²For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as ^cunto them: but the word preached did not profit them, ^dnot being mixed with faith in them that heard it. ³For we which have believed do enter into rest, as ^ehe said, ^fAs I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished ^gfrom the foundation of the world. ⁴For ^ehe spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, ^hAnd God did rest the seventh day from all his works. ⁵And in this place again, ^fIf they shall enter into my rest. ⁶Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and ^cthey to whom it was first preached ⁱentered not in because of unbelief, ⁷again, he limiteth a certain day, saying ^kin David, ^lTo day, after so long a time; as it is said, ^lTo day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts. ⁸For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day. ⁹There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. ¹⁰For ^mhe that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his. ¹¹Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall ⁿafter the same ^oexample of ^punbelief. ¹²For ^qthe word of God is ^rquick, and powerful, and ^ssharper than any ^ttwoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of ^usoul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is ^va discerner of the thoughts and ^wintents of the heart. ^13xNeither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are ^ynaked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

¹⁴Seeing then that we have a great ^zhigh priest, ^athat is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, ^blet us hold fast our ^cprofession. ¹⁵For ^dwe have not ^za high priest ^ewhich cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was ^fin all points ^gtempted like as we are, yet ^hwithout sin. ¹⁶ⁱLet us therefore come ^jboldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and ^kfind grace to help in time of need.

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