Hebrews 4:1
Let us be afraid therefore, lest, a promise being left behind to enter into his rest, any of you should seem to have come short.
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1 Samuel 2:30Therefore LORD, the God of Israel, says, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me forever, but now LORD says, Be it far from me, for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me
Proverbs 28:14Happy is the man who fears always, but he who hardens his heart shall fall into mischief.
Matthew 7:21Not every man who says to me, Lord, Lord, will enter into the kingdom of the heavens, but he who does the will of my Father in the heavens.
Matthew 24:48But if that evil bondman should say in his heart, My lord is late coming,
Luke 13:25From the time the house-ruler has risen up, and has closed the door, and ye begin to stand outside, and to knock the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us, and having answered, he will say to you, I know not where ye are from,
Romans 3:23For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God,
Matthew Henry on Hebrews 4:1
The apostle, having in the foregoing chapter set forth the sin and punishment of the ancient Jews, proceeds in this, I. To declare that our privileges by Christ under the gospel exceed the privileges of the Jewish church under Moses, as a reason why we should make a right improvement of them, ver. 1-4 . II. He assigns the cause why the ancient Hebrews did not profit by their religious privileges, ver. 2 . Then, III. Confirms the privileges of those who believe, and the misery of those who continue in unbelief,… Read the whole commentary →