Hebrews 4

1 Therefore we should fear, since a promise of entering His rest still stands, lest any one of you should expect to have come short of it.

We may fear, then, lest a promise being left of entering into His rest, anyone of you may seem to have come short,

2 Really, because we are continually hearing Good News just like they did, but the word that they heard did not profit them, since they were not intimately united with the faith of those who obeyed.

for we also are having good news proclaimed, even as they, but the word heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard,

3 Now we who have believed do enter that rest, just as He has said, “So I took an oath in my wrath, ‘As if they will ever enter my rest!’”—His works were certainly finished from the foundation of the world,

for we enter into the rest—we who believed, as He said, “So I swore in My anger, They will [not] enter into My rest”; and yet the works were done from the foundation of the world,

4 because somewhere He has spoken about the seventh day like this, “And on the seventh day God rested from all His works,”

for He spoke in a certain place concerning the seventh [day] thus: “And God rested in the seventh day from all His works”;

5 while again, in this place, “As if they will ever enter my rest!”

and in this [place] again, “They will [not] enter into My rest”;

6 Therefore since it remains for some to enter into it, and those who formerly had the Good News proclaimed to them did not enter because of disobedience,

since then, it remains for some to enter into it, and those who first heard good news did not enter in because of unbelief—

7 He again designates a certain day, after such a long time, saying through David: “Today” (as was stated above), “Today, if you would hear His voice, do not harden your hearts.”

again He limits a certain day, “Today,” in David saying, after so long a time, as it has been said, “Today, if you may hear His voice, you may not harden your hearts,”

8 Because if Jesus had given them rest, He would not have spoken afterward of another day.

for if Joshua had given them rest, He would not have spoken after these things concerning another day;

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

there remains, then, a Sabbath rest to the people of God,

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

for he who entered into His rest, he also rested from his works, as God from His own.

11 Therefore, let us take pains to enter into that rest so that no one may fall through the same pattern of disobedience.

May we be diligent, then, to enter into that rest, that no one may fall in the same example of the unbelief,

12 Because the Word of God is living and efficient, and sharper than any two-edged sword, actually penetrating to the point of separating soul and spirit, joints and marrow; in fact, it is able to evaluate a heart's reflections and intentions.

for the Word of God is living, and working, and sharper—beyond every two-edged sword—and piercing as far as [the] division of soul and spirit, of joints and also marrows, and a discerner of thoughts and intents of the heart;

13 Nothing in all creation is hidden from His sight; rather all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.

and there is not a created thing hidden before Him, but all things [are] naked and open to His eyes—with whom is our reckoning.

14 Therefore, since we have a Great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast the Confession.

Having, then, a great Chief Priest having passed through the heavens—Jesus the Son of God—may we hold fast the profession,

15 For we do not have a High Priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but He was tested in all points, in similar ways, without sin.

for we do not have a Chief Priest unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but [One] tempted in all things in like manner, [yet] without sin;

16 So let us approach the throne of grace with confidence, that we may receive mercy and find grace, for timely help.

we may come near, then, with freedom, to the throne of grace, that we may receive kindness, and find grace—for seasonable help.