Heb 4 | ESV | STEP | Therefore , while the promise of entering his rest still stands , let us fear lest any of you should seem to have failed to reach it.

w[See ver. 14 above]

x ch. 9:28; 1 Pet. 2:22; 1 John 3:5; [ch. 7:26; John 8:46; 14:30]

Hebrews 4

1 Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us fear lest any of you should seem ^ato have failed to reach it. 2 For good news came to us just as to them, but the message they heard did not benefit them, because ^bthey were not united by faith with those who listened. ^{▼▼Some manuscripts it did not meet with faith in the hearers} 3 For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said,

^d“As I swore in my wrath,
‘They shall not enter my rest,’”
although his works were finished from the foundation of the world. 4 For he has somewhere spoken of the seventh day in this way: ^e“And God rested on the seventh day from all his works.” 5 And again in this passage he said,

^f“They shall not enter my rest.”
6 Since therefore it remains for some to enter it, and those who formerly received the good news ^gfailed to enter because of disobedience, 7 again he appoints a certain day, “Today,” saying through David so long afterward, in the words already quoted,

^h“Today, if you hear his voice,
do not harden your hearts.”
8 For if Joshua had given them rest, God ^{▼▼Greek he} would not have spoken of another day later on. 9 So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God, 10 for whoever has entered God’s rest has also ^jrested from his works as God did from his.

11 Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so ^kthat no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience. 12 For ^lthe word of God is living and ^mactive, ⁿsharper than any ^otwo-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and ^pdiscerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. 13 And ^qno creature is hidden from his sight, but all are ^rnaked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.

Jesus the Great High Priest

14 Since then we have ^sa great high priest ^twho has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, ^ulet us hold fast our confession. 15 For we do not have a high priest ^vwho is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been ^wtempted as we are, ^xyet without sin. 16 ^yLet us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.