Hebrews 4:1
Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be deemed to have fallen short of it.
2 For we also received the good news just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, since they did not share the faith of those who comprehended it.
3 Now we who have believed enter that rest. As for the others, it is just as God has said: “So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’” And yet His works have been finished since the foundation of the world.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be deemed to have fallen short of it.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- Let’s fear therefore, lest perhaps anyone of you should seem to have come short of a promise of entering into his rest.
- ASV
- Let us fear therefore, lest haply, a promise being left of entering into his rest, any one of you should seem to have come short of it.
- DARBY
- Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left of entering into his rest, any one of you might seem to have failed [of it].
- BLB
- Therefore we should fear, lest ever, the promise to enter into His rest left remaining, any of you⁺ should seem to have fallen short.
- ÅB
- La oss derfor ta oss i vare for at noen av dere skal synes å være blitt liggende etter, da et løfte om å komme inn til hans hvile enda er forhånden.
- OTB
- La oss derfor være forsiktige, så ingen av dere ser ut til å ha falt kort, mens løftet om å komme inn til Hans hvile fortsatt står ved lag.
- B1930
- La oss derfor ta oss i vare for at nogen av eder skal synes å være blitt liggende efter, da et løfte om å komme inn til hans hvile ennu er forhånden.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Hebrews 12:15
See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many.
Read in contextProverbs 28:14
Blessed is the man who is always reverent, but he who hardens his heart falls into trouble.
Read in context1 Corinthians 9:26–27
Therefore I do not run aimlessly; I do not fight like I am beating the air.
Read in contextHebrews 4:9
There remains, then, a Sabbath rest for the people of God.
Read in contextHebrews 4:11
Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.
Read in context1 Corinthians 10:12
So the one who thinks he is standing firm should be careful not to fall.
Read in contextHebrews 13:7
Remember your leaders who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith.
Read in contextHebrews 4:3–5
Now we who have believed enter that rest. As for the others, it is just as God has said: “So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’” And yet His works have been finished since the foundation of the world.
Read in context