Hebrews 4

The Promised Rest

4Therefore, while the promise to enter His rest remains, let us fear that none of you should miss it. ⁱ²For we also have received the good news just as they did; but the message they heard did not benefit them, since they were not united with those who heard it in faith ^jk3(for we who have believed enter the rest), in keeping with what ^lHe has said:

So I swore in My anger,

they will not enter My rest. ^mn

And yet His works have been finished since the foundation of the world, ⁴for somewhere He has spoken about the seventh day in this way:

And on the seventh day

God rested from all His works. ^op

⁵Again, in that passage He says, They will never enter My rest. ^q6Since it remains for some to enter it, and those who formerly received the good news did not enter because of disobedience, ^r7again, He specifies a certain day—today—speaking through David after such a long time, as previously stated:

Today, if you hear His voice,

do not harden your hearts. ^st

⁸For if Joshua ^uhad given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day. ⁹Therefore, a Sabbath rest remains for God’s people. ¹⁰For the person who has entered His rest has rested from his own works, just as God did from His. ^v11Let us then make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall into the same pattern of disobedience.

¹²For the word of God is living and effective ^wand sharper than any double-edged sword, ^xpenetrating as far as the separation of soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It is able to judge the ideas and thoughts of the heart. ^y13No creature is hidden from Him, but all things are naked and exposed to the eyes of Him to whom ^zwe must give an account.

Our Great High Priest

¹⁴Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens—Jesus the Son of God—let us hold fast to the confession. ^a15For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tested in every way as we are, ^byet without sin. ^c16Therefore let us approach the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us at the proper time.