Hebrews 4:6

Therefore for it (pur)sueth (or And so it followeth), that some men shall enter into it, and they to which it was told to before [or and they first to whom it is told], entered not for their unbelief.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief:

In Context

5And in this place again, They shall not enter into my rest [or If they shall enter into my rest].

7Again, he determineth some day, and saith in David, Today, after so much time of time, as it is before-said, Today if ye have heard his voice, do not ye harden your hearts.

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Cross References

Numbers 14:12Therefore I shall smite them with pestilence, and I shall waste them; soothly I shall make thee prince upon a greater folk, and stronger than is this. (And so I shall strike them with a pestilence, or a plague, and I shall destroy them; and then I shall make thee the leader of a greater, and of a stronger, nation than these people be.)

Isaiah 65:15And ye shall leave your name into an oath to my chosen men (or And your name shall be used as a curse by my chosen ones); and the Lord God shall slay thee, and he shall call his servants by another name.

Matthew 22:9Therefore go ye into the ends of ways, and whomever ye find, call ye to the weddings.

Acts 13:46Then Paul and Barnabas steadfastly said, To you it behooved (us) first to speak the word of God; but for ye put it away, and have deemed you (rselves) unworthy to everlasting life [+or and have deemed you (rselves) unworthy of everlasting life], lo! we turn to (the) heathen men. (Then Paul and Barnabas resolutely said, It behooved us first to speak the word of God to you; but because ye have pushed it away, and have deemed yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold! we shall turn to the Gentiles.)

1 Corinthians 7:29Therefore, brethren, I say this thing, The time is short. Another is this, that they that have wives, be as though they had none;

Hebrews 3:18And to whom swore he, that they should not enter into the rest of him, no but to them that were unbelieveful? [+To whom he swore soothly, for to not enter into his rest, no but to them that were unbelieveful?]

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 →

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