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

¹ Therefore, as long as the promise of entering his rest remains valid, let us be afraid! Otherwise, some of you will fail to reach it, ² because we have had the good news told to us as well as to them. But the message they heard did not help them, because they were not united by faith with those who listened to it. ³ We who have believed are entering that rest, just as he has said, "So in my anger I swore a solemn oath that they would never enter my rest," ⁴ even though his actions had been finished since the creation of the world. Somewhere he has spoken about the seventh day as follows: "On the seventh day God rested from all his actions,"

⁵ and again in this passage, "They will never enter my rest." ⁶ Therefore, since it is still true that some will enter it, and since those who once heard the good news failed to enter it because of their disobedience, ⁷ he again fixes a definite day "Today" - saying long afterward through David, as already quoted, "Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts."

⁸ For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have spoken later about another day. ⁹ There remains, therefore, a Sabbath rest for the people of God to keep, ¹⁰ because the one who enters God's rest has himself rested from his own actions, just as God did from his. ¹¹ Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one may fail by following their example of disobedience.

¹² For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any double-edged sword, piercing until it divides soul and spirit, joints and marrow, as it judges the thoughts and purposes of the heart. ¹³ No creature can hide from him, but everyone is exposed and helpless before the eyes of the one to whom we must give a word of explanation.