Hebrews 4:1

We must, therefore, be very careful, though there is a promise still standing that we will enter upon God’s rest, that none of you even appear to have missed it.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2For we have had the good news told us just as they had. But the message which they heard did them no good, since they did not share the faith of those who were attentive to it.

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Cross References

Matthew 7:21Not everyone who says to me ‘Master! Master!’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

Matthew 24:48But, should the servant be a bad servant, and say to themselves ‘My master is a long time in coming,’

Luke 13:25when once the master of the house has got up and shut the door, while you begin to say, as you stand outside and knock, ‘Sir, open the door for us.’ His answer will be – ‘I do not know where you come from.’

Romans 3:23For all have sinned, and all fall short of God’s glorious ideal,

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 →

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