Hebrews 4:6
Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter thereinto, and they to whom it was first preached, entred not therein for vnbeliefes sake:
Geneva Bible 1599
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In Context
5And in this place againe, If they shall enter into my rest.
Cross References
Numbers 14:12I will smite them with the pestilence and destroy them, and will make thee a greater nation and mightier then they.
Isaiah 65:15And ye shall leaue your name as a curse vnto my chosen: for the Lord God shall slay you and call his seruants by another name.
Matthew 22:9Go ye therefore out into the high wayes, and as many as ye finde, bid them to the mariage.
Acts 13:46Then Paul and Barnabas spake boldly, and sayde, It was necessarie that the woorde of God shoulde first haue beene spoken vnto you: but seeing yee put it from you, and iudge your selues vnworthie of euerlasting life, loe, we turne to the Gentiles.
1 Corinthians 7:29And this I say, brethren, because the time is short, hereafter that both they which haue wiues, be as though they had none:
Hebrews 3:18And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but vnto them that obeyed not?
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 →