so that I swore in my anger, They shall not enter into my rest.

But to whom did he swear that they should not enter into his rest, but to those who believed not?

For we who have believed are to enter into rest, as he said: So I swore in my anger, they shall not enter into my rest; namely, that rest from his works which had been finished from the foundation of the world.

For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he swore by himself,

For, verily, men swear by the greater, and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all contradiction.

which, hope we have as an anchor for the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters in beyond the vail,

(for those priests were made such without an oath, but this one with an oath, by him that said to him, The Lord swore, and will not repent, Thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchisedec;)

Now, faith is a sure confidence with respect to things hoped for, a firm persuasion with respect to things not seen:

By faith also Sarah herself received strength for the conception of seed, and brought forth a child when past the time of life, because she counted him faithful who had promised.