Hebrews 4:9
So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God.
Text-Critical English 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, God would not have spoken later about another day.
10For anyone who has entered God's rest has rested from his own works, just as God rested from his.
Cross References
Matthew 1:21She will give birth to a son, and yoʋ shall name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”
Hebrews 3:11As I swore in my wrath, ‘They shall never enter my rest!’”
Hebrews 4:3For we who have believed enter that rest. As for the others, God has said, “As I swore in my wrath, ‘They shall never enter my rest!’” Now God's works have been finished from 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 →