Hebrews 4:1-13 - The Rest That Remains For The People Of God

¹ Let us fear, therefore, lest at any time a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any one of you should seem to come short. ² For we have also received the good news as they did; but the word of the report did not profit them, not being accompanied with faith in those who heard. ³ For we enter into the rest who believed, as he said, I swore in my wrath that they shall not enter into my rest, although of works made from the foundation of the world. ⁴ For he spoke in a certain place of the seventh day, thus; And God rested on the seventh day from all his works.

⁵ And in this place again, They shall not enter into my rest. ⁶ Since then it remains that some entered into it, and those to whom it was first preached entered not in on account of unbelief, ⁷ again he defines a certain day, To-day, saying in David, after so long a time, as it was said before, To-day if you will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.

⁸ For if Joshua caused them to rest he would not have spoken of another day afterwards. ⁹ Therefore a sabbatism remains for the people of God. ¹⁰ For he [Christ] who entered into his rest, also himself rested from his works, as God from his. ¹¹ Let us use diligence, therefore to enter into that rest [the heavenly rest], that no one may fall, after the same example of disobedience.

¹² For the word of God is living, and effective, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and reaching even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrows, and distinguishes thoughts and intentions of mind; ¹³ and there is nothing which is not manifest in his sight; for all things are naked and exposed to his eyes, to whom our discourse relates.