Hebrews 4

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

Let us be on our guard, then, though there is a promise still standing of being admitted to his rest, lest any one of you should be found to have come short of it.

2 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,

For the Good News is come to us just as it did to them. But the message they heard was of no benefit to them, because they did not share the faith of those who gave heed to it.

3 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,

We are actually entering into that rest, we who have believed, as God has said, -In my wrath I swore - "They shall not enter into my Rest," although his works were finished since the foundation of the world.

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

For he has said, somewhere, regarding the seventh day, And God rested on the seventh day from all his work.

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

And again in this passage, They shall not enter into my rest.

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

Since, then, it remains that some should enter into it, and since those who formerly had the Good News preached to them did not enter in because of unbelief,

7 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,”

he again fixes a day, saying long afterward by David’s lips, in words already quoted, Today if you hear his voice, Continue not to harden your hearts.

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

For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have spoken afterward of another day.

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

So there remains a Sabbath Rest for the people of God.

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

For whoever has entered into his rest has rested from his works, just as God did from his.

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

Let us, then, be earnest to enter into that rest, so that no one may fall into the same example of disobedience.

12 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;

For living is the Word of God, and active, and sharper than any two- edged sword, piercing even to the severance of soul form spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the very thoughts and conceptions of the heart.

13 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.

And there is not a creature hidden form him, but all things are naked and laid prostrate before the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

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

Inasmuch, then, as we have a great High Priest, Jesus, the Son of God, who has passed through the heavens, let us hold fast our confession of faith.

15 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;

For we have not a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in all points like as we are, yet without sin.

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

Let us, then, draw near with glad boldness to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and find grace to help us in our times of need.