Hebrews 4

¹Let us therefore fear, lest while a promise of entering into his rest still remains, any one of you should seem to have fallen short.

²For indeed we have had the good news proclaimed to us, just as also they; but the word of hearing did not benefit them, since it was not united with faith in those who heard.

³For we who have believed enter into the rest, just as he has said: 'As I swore in my wrath, they shall not enter into my rest' — and yet his works were finished from the foundation of the world.

⁴For he has spoken somewhere concerning the seventh day in this way: "And God rested on the seventh day from all his works."

⁵And again in this passage: 'They shall not enter into my rest.'

⁶Since therefore it remains for some to enter into it, and those who formerly had the good news proclaimed to them did not enter in because of disobedience,

⁷he again appoints a certain day, 'Today,' saying through David after so long a time, just as it has been previously said, 'Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts.'

⁸For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have been speaking afterward about another day.

⁹So then there remains a sabbath rest for the people of God.

¹⁰For the one who has entered into his rest has himself also rested from his works, just as God did from his own.

¹¹Let us therefore make every effort to enter into that rest, so that no one may fall by the same example of disobedience.

¹²For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

¹³And there is no creature hidden before him, but all things are naked and laid bare to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.

¹⁴Having therefore a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession.

¹⁵For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in all things in the same way, yet without sin.

¹⁶Let us therefore draw near with boldness to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace for timely help.