Hebrews 4:9
there remains, then, a Sabbath rest to the people of God,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
In Context
10for he who entered into His rest, he also rested from his works, as God from His own.
Cross References
Psalms 47:9Nobles of peoples have been gathered, || [With] the people of the God of Abraham, || For the shields of earth [are] to God, || Greatly has He been exalted!
Isaiah 57:2He enters into peace, they rest on their beds, || [Each] is going straightforward.
Matthew 1:21and she will bring forth a Son, and you will call His Name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.”
Hebrews 3:11so I swore in My anger, They will [not] enter into My rest.”
Hebrews 4:3for 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,
1 Peter 2:10who [were] once not a people, but [are] now the people of God; who had not found mercy, but now have found 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 →