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Hebrews 4:1-11 NIV
1 Therefore, since the promise
of entering his rest still stands, let us be careful that none of
you be found to have fallen short of it.
2 For we also have had the
gospel preached to us, just as they did; but the message they heard
was of no value to them, because those who heard did not combine it
with faith.
3 Now we who have believed
enter that rest, just as God has said,
"So I declared on oath in my anger, 'They shall never enter my
rest.' " And yet his work has been finished since the creation of
the world.
4 For somewhere he has spoken
about the seventh day in these words: "And on the seventh day God
rested from all his work."
5 And again in the passage
above he says, "They shall never enter my rest."
6 It still remains that some will enter that rest, and those
who formerly had the gospel preached to them did not go in, because
of their disobedience.
7 Therefore God again set a
certain day, calling it Today, when a long time later he spoke
through David, as was said before: "Today, if you hear his voice,
do not harden your hearts."
8 For if Joshua had given them
rest, God would not have spoken later about another day.
9 There remains, then, a
Sabbath-rest for the people of God;
10 for anyone who enters God's
rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from his.
11 Let us, therefore, make
every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by
following their example of disobedience. |
