Hebrews 4:9
There remains, then, a Sabbath rest for the people of God.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
In Context
8For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day.
10For whoever enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from His.
Cross References
Psalms 47:9The nobles of the nations have assembled as the people of the God of Abraham; for the shields of the earth belong to God; He is highly exalted.
Isaiah 57:2Those who walk uprightly enter into peace; they find rest, lying down in death.
Matthew 1:21She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.”
Hebrews 3:11So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’”
Hebrews 4:3Now we who have believed enter that rest. As for the others, it is just as God has said: “So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’” And yet His works have been finished since the foundation of the world.
1 Peter 2:10Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
Matthew Henry on Hebrews 4:2-11
Gospel Privileges; Cautions against Apostasy. ( a. d. 62.) 1 Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. 2 For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it. 3 For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of… Read the whole commentary →