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1 Therefore, since the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be found to have fallen short of it.
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1 Therefore, since the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be found to have fallen short of it.
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2 For we also have had the gospel preached to us, just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, because those who heard did not combine it with faith.
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2 For we also have had the gospel preached to us, just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, because those who heard did not combine it with faith.
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3 Now we who have believed enter that rest, just as God has said, "So I declared on oath in my anger, 'They shall never enter my rest.' " And yet his work has been finished since the creation of the world.
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3 Now we who have believed enter that rest, just as God has said, "So I declared on oath in my anger, 'They shall never enter my rest.' " And yet his work has been finished since the creation of the world.
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4 For somewhere he has spoken about the seventh day in these words: "And on the seventh day God rested from all his work."
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4 For somewhere he has spoken about the seventh day in these words: "And on the seventh day God rested from all his work."
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5 And again in the passage above he says, "They shall never enter my rest."
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5 And again in the passage above he says, "They shall never enter my rest."
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6 It still remains that some will enter that rest, and those who formerly had the gospel preached to them did not go in, because of their disobedience.
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6 It still remains that some will enter that rest, and those who formerly had the gospel preached to them did not go in, because of their disobedience.
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7 Therefore God again set a certain day, calling it Today, when a long time later he spoke through David, as was said before: "Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts."
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7 Therefore God again set a certain day, calling it Today, when a long time later he spoke through David, as was said before: "Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts."
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8 For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day.
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8 For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day.
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9 There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God;
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9 There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God;
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10 for anyone who enters God's rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from his.
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10 for anyone who enters God's rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from his.
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| Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
