MSB HEB Chapter 4

The Sabbath Rest

(Genesis 2:1–3, Exodus 16:22–30)

Therefore, [ while ] the promise of entering His rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be deemed to have fallen short [of it]. 2 For we also received the good news just as they [did]; but the message they heard vvv was of no value to them, vvv since they did not share the faith of those who comprehended [it].[fn]

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Now [we] who have believed enter [that] rest. [As for the others, ] it is just as [God] has said:

“So I swore on oath in My anger,

‘vvv They shall never enter My rest.’ ”[fn]

And yet [His] works have been finished since [the] foundation of [the] world. 4 For somewhere He has spoken about the seventh [day] in this manner:“And on the seventh day God rested from all His works.”[fn] 5 And again, [as He says] in [the passage above]: vvv“They shall never enter My rest.”

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Since, then, it remains [for] some to enter [His rest], and [since] those who formerly heard the good news vvv did not enter because of [their] disobedience, 7 vvv [God] again designated a certain day [as]“Today,” when a long time later He spoke through David as was just stated:“Today, if you hear His voice, {do} not harden your hearts.”[fn]

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For if Joshua had given them rest vvv vvv [God] would not have spoken later about another day. 9 There remains, then, a Sabbath rest for the people of God. 10 For whoever 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] the same pattern of disobedience.

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The Living Word

(2 Timothy 3:10–17)

For the word of God [is] living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges [the] thoughts and intentions of [the] heart. 13 Nothing in all creation is hidden from [God’s] sight everything [is] uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we [must give] account.

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Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we profess. 15 For vvv we do not have a high priest vvv who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but [we have] one who was tempted in every way that [we are], [yet was] without sin. 16 vvv Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help [us] in [our] time of need.