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| 1Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us fear lest any of you should seem to have failed to reach it. | 1Therefore, 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. |
| 2For good news came to us just as to them, but the message they heard did not benefit them, because they were not united by faith with those who listened. | 2For we also received the good news just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, since they did not share the faith of those who comprehended it. |
| 3For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said, “As I swore in my wrath, ‘They shall not enter my rest,’” although his works were finished from the foundation of the world. | 3Now 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, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’ ” And yet His works have been finished since the foundation of the world. |
| 4For he has somewhere spoken of the seventh day in this way: “And God rested on the seventh day from all his works.” | 4For somewhere He has spoken about the seventh day in this manner: “And on the seventh day God rested from all His works.” |
| 5And again in this passage he said, “They shall not enter my rest.” | 5And again, as He says in the passage above: “They shall never enter My rest.” |
| 6Since therefore it remains for some to enter it, and those who formerly received the good news failed to enter because of disobedience, | 6Since, then, it remains for some to enter His rest, and since those who formerly heard the good news did not enter because of their disobedience, |
| 7again he appoints a certain day, “Today,” saying through David so long afterward, in the words already quoted, “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts.” | 7God 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.” |
| 8For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken of another day later on. | 8For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day. |
| 9So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God, | 9There remains, then, a Sabbath rest for the people of God. |
| 10for whoever has entered God’s rest has also rested from his works as God did from his. | 10For whoever enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from His. |
| 11Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience. | 11Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following the same pattern of disobedience. |
| 12For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. | 12For 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. |
| 13And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account. | 13Nothing 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. |
| 14Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. | 14Therefore, 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. |
| 15For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. | 15For we do not have a high priest 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. |
| 16Let 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. | 16Let 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. |
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