Hebrews 4:6

God's rest is still there for some to enter, even though those who previously heard the good news failed to enter because of disobedience.

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In The King James Version

Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief:

In Context

5And as the previous passage stated, “They shall not enter my rest.”

7So God again sets a day—today—saying a long time later through David as he did before, “If you hear what God is saying to you today, don't have a hard-hearted attitude.”

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Cross References

Numbers 14:12I'm going to make them sick with a disease and kill them. Then I will make you into a nation that's greater and stronger than they are.”

Isaiah 65:15Your name will only be used as a curse by my chosen ones, for the Lord God will kill you and give his servants another name.

Matthew 22:9Go into the streets and invite everyone you find to come to the wedding.’

Acts 13:46So Paul and Barnabas spoke out strongly, saying “We had to speak the word of God to you first. But now that you're rejecting it—you're deciding that you're not worthy of eternal life—well now we're turning to the foreigners.

1 Corinthians 7:29I'm telling you, brothers and sisters, that time is short, and from now on for those who are married it may seem as if they are not married,

Hebrews 3:18Who was God speaking of when he vowed they should not enter into his rest? Wasn't it those who disobeyed him?

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 →

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