Heb 4
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Let us fear therefore, lest haply, a promise being left of entering into his rest,
any one of you should seem to have come short of it.
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For indeed we have had good tidings preached to us, even as also they: but the word
of hearing did not profit them, because it was not united by faith with them that
heard.
3
For we who have believed do enter into that rest; even as he has said, As I swore
in my anger, They shall not enter into my rest: although the works were finished
from the foundation of the world.
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For he has said somewhere of the seventh [day] on this wise, And God rested on the
seventh day from all his works;
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and in this [place] again, They shall not enter into my rest.
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Seeing therefore it remains that some should enter thereinto, and they to whom the
good tidings were before preached failed to enter in because of disobedience,
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he again defines a certain day, To-day, saying in David so long a time afterward (even
as has been said before), To-day if you shall hear his voice, Harden not your hearts.
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For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have spoken afterward of another day.
9
There remains therefore a sabbath rest for the people of God.
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For he who is entered into his rest has himself also rested from his works, as God
did from his.
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Let us therefore give diligence to enter into that rest, that no man fall after the
same example of disobedience.
12
For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and
piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and quick
to discern the thoughts and intents of the heart.
13
And there is no creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked
and laid open before the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
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Having then a great high priest, who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son
of God, let us hold fast our confession.
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For we have not a high priest that cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities;
but one that has been in all points tempted like as [we are, yet] without sin.
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Let us therefore draw near with boldness to the throne of grace, that we may receive
mercy, and may find grace to help [us] in time of need.