Hebrews 4

CHAPTER 4

The Believer’s Rest

¹Therefore, let us fear, lest, while a promise remains of entering His rest, any one of you may seem to have ^afallen short of it.

²For indeed we have had good news proclaimed to us, just as they also; but ^athe word ¹that was heard did not profit those ²who were not united with faith among those who heard.

³For we who have believed enter that rest, just as He has said,

“^aAs I swore in My wrath,

They shall not enter My rest,”

although His works were finished ^bfrom the foundation of the world.

⁴For He has spoken ^asomewhere in this way concerning the seventh day: “^bAnd God ^crested on the seventh day from all His works”;

⁵and again in this passage, “^aThey shall not enter My rest.”

⁶Therefore, since it remains for some to enter it, and those who formerly had good news proclaimed to them failed to enter because of ^adisobedience,

⁷He again determines a certain day, “Today,” saying ¹through David after so long a time just ^aas has been said before,

“^bToday if you hear His voice,

Do not harden your hearts.”

⁸For ^aif ¹Joshua had given them rest, He would not have spoken of another day after that.

⁹So there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God.

¹⁰For the one who has entered His rest has himself also ^arested from his works, as ^bGod did from His.

¹¹Therefore let us be diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall into the same ^aexample of ^bdisobedience.

¹²For ^athe word of God is ^bliving and ^cactive and sharper than any two-edged ^dsword, and piercing as far as the division of ^esoul and ^fspirit, of both joints and marrow, and ^gable to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

¹³And ^athere is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are ^1buncovered and laid bare to the eyes of Him to whom we have an account to give.

Jesus Our Great High Priest

¹⁴Therefore, since we have a great ^ahigh priest who has ^bpassed through the heavens, Jesus ^cthe Son of God, let us take hold of our ^dconfession.

¹⁵For we do not have ^aa high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been ^btempted in all things like we are, yet ^cwithout sin.

¹⁶Therefore let us ^adraw near with ^bconfidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.