Dual Panel1Therefore <3767> we must be wary <5399> that, while the promise <1860> of entering <1525> his <846> rest <2663> remains <2641> open, none <3379> of <1537> you <5216> may seem <1380> to have come short <5302> of it.
2For <1063> we had <1510> good news proclaimed <2097> to us just as <2509> they <2548> did. But <235> the message <3056> they heard <189> did <5623> them no <3756> good <5623>, since they did <4786> not <3361> join in with <4786> those <1565> who heard <191> it in faith <4102>.
3For <1063> we who have believed <4100> enter <1525> that rest <2663>, as <2531> he has said <2046>, “As <5613> I swore <3660> in <1722> my <3450> anger <3709>, ‘They will never enter <1525> <1519> my <3450> rest <2663>!’” And yet <2543> God’s works <2041> were accomplished <1096> from <575> the foundation <2602> of the world <2889>.
4For <1063> he has spoken <2046> somewhere <4225> about <4012> the seventh <1442> day in this way <3779>: “And <2532> God <2316> rested <2664> on <1722> the seventh <1442> day <2250> from <575> all <3956> his <846> works <2041>,”
5but <2532> to repeat <1722> <5129> <3825> the text cited earlier: “They will <1525> never <1487> enter <1525> my <3450> rest <2663>!”
6Therefore <1893> <3767> it remains <620> for some <5100> to enter <1525> it, yet those to whom it was <2097> previously <4386> proclaimed <2097> did <1525> not <3756> enter <1525> because of <1223> disobedience <543>.
7So God again <3825> ordains <3724> a certain <5100> day <2250>, “Today <4594>,” speaking <3004> through <1722> David <1138> after <3326> so long <5118> a time <5550>, as <2531> in the words quoted before <4308>, “O, that today <4594> you would listen <191> as he <846> speaks <5456>! Do <4645> not <3361> harden <4645> your <5216> hearts <2588>.”
8For <1063> if <1487> Joshua <2424> had given <2664> them <846> rest <2664>, God would <2980> not <3756> have spoken <2980> afterward <3326> <5023> about <4012> another <243> day <2250>.
9Consequently <686> a Sabbath rest <4520> remains <620> for the people <2992> of God <2316>.
10For <1063> the one who enters <1525> <1519> God’s <846> rest <2663> has <2664> also <2532> rested <2664> from <575> his <846> works <2041>, just <5618> as God <2316> did from <575> his own works <2398>.
11Thus <3767> we must make every effort <4704> to enter <1525> that <1565> rest <2663>, so that <2443> no <3361> one <5100> may fall <4098> by following the same pattern <5262> of disobedience <543>.
12For <1063> the word <3056> of God <2316> is living <2198> and <2532> active <1756> and <2532> sharper <5114> than <5228> any <3956> double-edged <1366> sword <3162>, piercing <1338> even <2532> to <891> the point of dividing <3311> soul <5590> from spirit <4151>, and <2532> joints <719> from marrow <3452>; it is able to judge <2924> the desires <1761> and <2532> thoughts <1771> of the heart <2588>.
13And <2532> no <3756> creature <2937> is <1510> hidden <852> from <1799> God <846>, but everything <3956> is naked <1131> and <2532> exposed <5136> to the eyes <3788> of him <846> to <4314> whom <3739> we <2254> must render an account <3056>.
14Therefore <3767> since <2192> we have <2192> a great <3173> high priest <749> who has passed through <1330> the heavens <3772>, Jesus <2424> the Son <5207> of God <2316>, let us hold fast <2902> to our confession <3671>.
15For <1063> we do <2192> not <3756> have <2192> a high priest <749> incapable <3361> <1410> of sympathizing <4834> with our <2257> weaknesses <769>, but <1161> one who has been tempted <3985> in <2596> every way <3956> just as we are <2596> <3665>, yet without <5565> sin <266>.
16Therefore <3767> let us <4334> confidently <3326> <3954> approach <4334> the throne <2362> of grace <5485> to <2443> receive <2983> mercy <1656> and <2532> find <2147> grace <5485> whenever we need <2121> help <996>.