Chapter 4
1 Let ’s fear therefore , lest perhaps anyone of you should seem to have come short of a promise of entering into his rest .
2 For indeed we have had good news preached to us , even as they also did , but the word they heard didn’ t profit them , because it wasn’ t mixed with faith by those who heard.
3 For we who have believed do enter into that rest , even as he has said , " As I swore in my wrath , they will not enter into my rest ;" although the works were finished from the foundation of the world .
4 For he has said this somewhere about the seventh day , " God rested on the seventh day from all his works ;"
5 and in this place again , " They will not enter into my rest ."
6 Seeing therefore it remains that some should enter into it , and they to whom the good news was preached before failed to enter in because of disobedience,
7 he again defines a certain day , " today ", saying through David so long a time afterward ( just as has been said ), " Today if you will hear his voice , don’ t harden your hearts ."
8 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 .
10 For he who has entered into his rest has himself also rested from his works , as God did from his .
11 Let ’s therefore give diligence to enter into that rest , lest anyone fall after the same example of disobedience.
12 For the word of God is living and active , and sharper than any two-edged sword , piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit , of both joints and marrow , and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart .
13 There is no creature that is hidden from his sight , but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him to whom we must give an account .
14 Having then a great high priest who has passed through the heavens , Jesus , the Son of God , let ’ s hold tightly to our confession .
15 For we don’ t have a high priest who can ’ t be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but one who has been in all points tempted like we are , yet without sin.
16 Let ’s therefore draw near with boldness to the throne of grace , that we may receive mercy and may find grace for help in time of need .