Hebrews 4:1–10

The Promise of Rest

4Therefore, since a promise remains of entering His rest, ^alet us fear lest any of you seem to have come short of it. ²For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to them; but the word which they heard did not profit them, ¹not being mixed with faith in those who heard it. ³For we who have believed do enter that rest, as He has said:

^b“So I swore in My wrath,

‘They shall not enter My rest,’ ”

although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. ⁴For He has spoken in a certain place of the seventh day in this way: ^c“And God rested on the seventh day from all His works”; ⁵and again in this place: ^d“They shall not enter My rest.”

⁶Since therefore it remains that some must enter it, and those to whom it was first preached did not enter because of disobedience, ⁷again He designates a certain day, saying in David, “Today,” after such a long time, as it has been said:

^e“Today, if you will hear His voice,

Do not harden your hearts.”

⁸For if ²Joshua had ^fgiven them rest, then He would not afterward have spoken of another day. ⁹There remains therefore a rest for the people of God. ¹⁰For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His.