Hebrews 4:6
Therefore, because there was a place, whither one and another might enter; and those earlier persons, to whom the announcement was made, entered not, because they believed not:
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
5And here again, he said, They shall not enter into my rest.
Cross References
Matthew 22:9Go ye therefore to the terminations of the streets; and as many as ye find, bid to the feast.
Acts 13:46And Paul and Barnabas said openly: To you first, ought the word of God to be spoken; but because ye repel it from you, and decide, against yourselves, that ye are not worthy of life eternal, lo, we turn ourselves to the Gentiles.
1 Corinthians 7:29And this I say, my Brethren, that the time to come is short; so that they who have wives, should be as if they had none;
Hebrews 3:18and of whom swore he, that they should not enter into his rest, but of those who believed 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 →