1 Therefore, since
a promise remains of entering His rest, let us fear lest any of you seem to have
come short of it. 2 For
indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to them; but the word which they
heard did not profit them,[a]
not being mixed with faith in those who heard it.
3 For we who have
believed do enter that rest, as He has said:
“ So I swore in My wrath,
‘ They shall not enter My rest,’”[b]
although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
4 For He has spoken in
a certain place of the seventh day in this way: “And God rested on the
seventh day from all His works”;[c]
5 and again in this
place: “They shall not enter My rest.”[d]
6 Since therefore it
remains that some must enter it, and those to whom it was first preached
did not enter because of disobedience,
7 again He designates a
certain day, saying in David, “Today,” after such a long time, as it has
been said:
“ Today, if you will hear His voice,
Do not harden your hearts.”[e]
8 For if Joshua had
given them rest, then He would not afterward have spoken of another day.
9 There remains
therefore a rest for the people of God.
10 For he who has
entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from
His.
11 Let us therefore be
diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall according to the same example of
disobedience. 12 For
the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged
sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and
marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
13 And there is no
creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the
eyes of Him to whom we must give account.
14 Seeing then that we
have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of
God, let us hold fast our confession.
15 For we do not have
a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all
points tempted as we are, yet without sin.
16 Let us therefore
come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to
help in time of need.