| 4:1 | Therefore we must be wary* that, while the promise of entering his rest remains open, none of you may seem to have come short of it. |
| 4:2 | For we had good news proclaimed to us just as they did. But the message they heard did them no good, since they did not join in* with those who heard it in faith.* |
| 4:3 | For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said, “As I swore in my anger, ‘They will never enter my rest!’”* And yet God’s works* were accomplished from the foundation of the world. |
| 4:4 | For he has spoken somewhere about the seventh day in this way: “And God rested on the seventh day from all his works,”* |
| 4:5 | but to repeat the text cited earlier:* “They will never enter my rest!” |
| 4:6 | Therefore it remains for some to enter it, yet those to whom it was previously proclaimed did not enter because of disobedience. |
| 4:7 | So God* again ordains a certain day, “Today,” speaking through David* after so long a time, as in the words quoted before,* “O, that today you would listen as he speaks!* Do not harden your hearts.” |
| 4:8 | For if Joshua had given them rest, God* would not have spoken afterward about another day. |
| 4:9 | Consequently a Sabbath rest remains for the people of God. |
| 4:10 | For the one who enters God’s* rest has also rested from his works, just as God did from his own works. |
| 4:11 | Thus we must make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by following the same pattern of disobedience. |
| 4:12 | For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any double-edged sword, piercing even to the point of dividing soul from spirit, and joints from marrow; it is able to judge the desires and thoughts of the heart. |
| 4:13 | And no creature is hidden from God,* but everything is naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must render an account. |
| 4:14 | Therefore since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession. |
| 4:15 | For we do not have a high priest incapable of sympathizing with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every way just as we are, yet without sin. |
| 4:16 | Therefore let us confidently approach the throne of grace to receive mercy and find grace whenever we need help.* |
Hebrews 4 - NET Bible [draft]
