Hebrews 4:9
Therefore there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God.
English Majority Text (NT)
In The King James Version
There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
In Context
8For if Joshua had given them rest, then He would not have spoken afterward of another day.
10For he who has entered into His rest also rested himself from his works, as God did from His own.
Cross References
Matthew 1:21And she shall bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus, for He shall save His people from their sins.”
Hebrews 3:11So I swore in My wrath, 1 ‘ They shall not enter My rest.’ ”
Hebrews 4:3For we who have believed enter that rest, as He has said: 1 “ So I swore in My wrath, 1 they shall not enter My rest,” Although His works were finished from the foundation of the world.
1 Peter 2:10who formerly were not a people but now are the people of God, who had not received mercy, but now have received mercy. 1 Living Before the World
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 →