Hebrews 4:16

Therefore let us draw nigh with confidence to a throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and find grace in every opportune need.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

In Context

15For we have not a high priest who is not able to be touched with our infirmities; but one having been tempted as to all things like unto us, apart from sin.

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Cross References

Matthew 7:7Ask, and it shall be given unto you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

2 Corinthians 12:8Three times I called on the Lord concerning this, that it may depart from me.

Ephesians 3:12In whom we have boldness and access with confidence through the faith of him.

Hebrews 7:19for the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope, by which we draw nigh unto God.

Matthew Henry on Hebrews 4:12-16

Serious Exhortation; The Priesthood of Christ. ( a. d. 62.) 11 Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief. 12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. 13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes… Read the whole commentary →

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