| New Living Translation | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1God’s promise of entering his rest still stands, so we ought to tremble with fear that some of you might fail to experience it. | 1Therefore, let us fear if, while a promise remains of entering His rest, any one of you may seem to have come short of it. |
| 2For this good news—that God has prepared this rest—has been announced to us just as it was to them. But it did them no good because they didn’t share the faith of those who listened to God. | 2For indeed we have had good news preached to us, just as they also; but the word they heard did not profit them, because it was not united by faith in those who heard. |
| 3For only we who believe can enter his rest. As for the others, God said, “In my anger I took an oath: ‘They will never enter my place of rest,’” even though this rest has been ready since he made the world. | 3For we who have believed enter that rest, just as He has said, "AS I SWORE IN MY WRATH, THEY SHALL NOT ENTER MY REST," although His works were finished from the foundation of the world. |
| 4We know it is ready because of the place in the Scriptures where it mentions the seventh day: “On the seventh day God rested from all his work.” | 4For He has said somewhere concerning the seventh day: "AND GOD RESTED ON THE SEVENTH DAY FROM ALL HIS WORKS"; |
| 5But in the other passage God said, “They will never enter my place of rest.” | 5and again in this passage, "THEY SHALL NOT ENTER MY REST." |
| 6So God’s rest is there for people to enter, but those who first heard this good news failed to enter because they disobeyed God. | 6Therefore, since it remains for some to enter it, and those who formerly had good news preached to them failed to enter because of disobedience, |
| 7So God set another time for entering his rest, and that time is today. God announced this through David much later in the words already quoted: “Today when you hear his voice, don’t harden your hearts.” | 7He again fixes a certain day, "Today," saying through David after so long a time just as has been said before, "TODAY IF YOU HEAR HIS VOICE, DO NOT HARDEN YOUR HEARTS." |
| 8Now if Joshua had succeeded in giving them this rest, God would not have spoken about another day of rest still to come. | 8For if Joshua had given them rest, He would not have spoken of another day after that. |
| 9So there is a special rest still waiting for the people of God. | 9So there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God. |
| 10For all who have entered into God’s rest have rested from their labors, just as God did after creating the world. | 10For the one who has entered His rest has himself also rested from his works, as God did from His. |
| 11So let us do our best to enter that rest. But if we disobey God, as the people of Israel did, we will fall. | 11Therefore let us be diligent to enter that rest, so that no one will fall, through following the same example of disobedience. |
| 12For the word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires. | 12For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart. |
| 13Nothing in all creation is hidden from God. Everything is naked and exposed before his eyes, and he is the one to whom we are accountable. Christ Is Our High Priest | 13And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are open and laid bare to the eyes of Him with whom we have to do. |
| 14So then, since we have a great High Priest who has entered heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we believe. | 14Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. |
| 15This High Priest of ours understands our weaknesses, for he faced all of the same testings we do, yet he did not sin. | 15For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin. |
| 16So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most. | 16Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. |
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