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¹ Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us fear lest any of you should seem ^(a)to have failed to reach it. ² For good news came to us just as to them, but the message they heard did not benefit them, because ^(b)they were not united by faith with those who listened.^{[a] 3} For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said,

although his works were finished from the foundation of the world. ⁴ For he has somewhere spoken of the seventh day in this way: ^(d)"And God rested on the seventh day from all his works." ⁵ And again in this passage he said,

⁶ Since therefore it remains for some to enter it, and those who formerly received the good news ^(f)failed to enter because of disobedience, ⁷ again he appoints a certain day, "Today," saying through David so long afterward, in the words already quoted,

⁸ For if Joshua had given them rest, God^[b] would not have spoken of another day later on. ⁹ So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God, ¹⁰ for whoever has entered God's rest has also ^(h)rested from his works as God did from his.

¹¹ Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so ⁽ⁱ⁾that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience. ¹² For ^(j)the word of God is living and ^(k)active, ^(l)sharper than any ^(m)two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and ⁽ⁿ⁾discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. ¹³ And ^(o)no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are ^(p)naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.

Jesus the Great High Priest

¹⁴ Since then we have ^(q)a great high priest ^(r)who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, ^(s)let us hold fast our confession. ¹⁵ For we do not have a high priest ^(t)who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been ^(u)tempted as we are, ^(v)yet without sin. ^16 (w)Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.