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Therefore, ^(C1)holy brothers and sisters, partakers of a ^(C2)heavenly calling, consider ^(C3)the Apostle and ^(C4)High Priest of our ^(C5)confession: Jesus;

^(F1)He was faithful to Him who appointed Him, as ^(C1)Moses also was in all His house.

^(C1)For He has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, by just so much as the builder of the house has more honor than the house.

For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God.

Now ^(C1)Moses was faithful in all ^(F1)God's house as ^(C2)a servant, ^(C3)for a testimony of those things ^(C4)which were to be spoken later;

but Christ was faithful as ^(C1)a Son over His house—^(C2)whose house we are, ^(C3)if we hold firmly to our ^(C4)confidence and the boast of our ^(F1)(C5)hope.

Therefore, just as ^(C1)the Holy Spirit says, "^(C2)TODAY IF YOU HEAR HIS VOICE,

^(C1)DO NOT HARDEN YOUR HEARTS AS ^(F1)WHEN THEY PROVOKED ME, AS ON THE DAY OF TRIAL IN THE WILDERNESS,

^(C1)WHERE YOUR FATHERS PUT ME TO THE TEST, AND SAW MY WORKS FOR ^(C2)FORTY YEARS.

-"^(C1)THEREFORE I WAS ANGRY WITH THIS GENERATION, AND SAID, 'THEY ALWAYS GO ASTRAY IN THEIR HEART, AND THEY DID NOT KNOW MY WAYS';

^(C1)AS I SWORE IN MY ANGER, 'THEY CERTAINLY SHALL NOT ENTER MY REST.'"

^(C1)Take care, brothers and sisters, that there will not be in any one of you an evil, unbelieving heart ^(F1)that falls away from ^(C2)the living God.

But ^(C1)encourage one another every day, as long as it is still called "today," so that none of you will be hardened by the ^(C2)deceitfulness of sin.

For we have become partakers of Christ ^(C1)if we keep the beginning of our ^(F1)(C2)commitment firm until the end,

while it is said, "^(C1)TODAY IF YOU HEAR HIS VOICE, DO NOT HARDEN YOUR HEARTS, AS ^(F1)WHEN THEY PROVOKED ME."

For who ^(C1)provoked Him when they had heard? Indeed, ^(C2)did not all those who came out of Egypt led by Moses?

And with whom was He angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, ^(C1)whose dead bodies fell in the wilderness?

And to whom did He swear ^(C1)that they would not enter His rest, but to those who were ^(C2)disobedient?

And so we see that they were not able to enter because of ^(C1)unbelief.

Therefore, we must fear if, while a promise remains of entering His rest, any one of you may seem to have ^(C1)come short of it.

For indeed we have had good news preached to us, just as they also did; but ^(C1)the word ^(F1)they heard did not benefit them, because ^(F2)they were not united with those who listened with faith.

For we who have believed enter that rest, just as He has said, "^(C1)AS I SWORE IN MY ANGER, THEY CERTAINLY SHALL NOT ENTER MY REST," although His works were finished ^(C2)from the foundation of the world.

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For He has said ^(C1)somewhere concerning the seventh day: "^(C2)AND GOD ^(C3)RESTED ON THE SEVENTH DAY FROM ALL HIS WORKS";

and again in this passage, "^(C1)THEY CERTAINLY SHALL NOT ENTER MY REST."

Therefore, since it remains for some to enter it, and those who previously had good news preached to them failed to enter because of ^(C1)disobedience,

He again sets a certain day, "Today," saying ^(F1)through David after so long a time just ^(C1)as has been said before, "^(C2)TODAY IF YOU HEAR HIS VOICE, DO NOT HARDEN YOUR HEARTS."

For ^(C1)if ^(F1)Joshua had given them rest, He would not have spoken of another day after that.

Consequently, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God.

For the one who has entered His rest has himself also ^(C1)rested from his works, as ^(C2)God did from His.

Therefore let's make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following the same ^(C1)example of ^(C2)disobedience.

For ^(C1)the word of God is ^(C2)living and ^(C3)active, and sharper than any two-edged ^(C4)sword, even penetrating as far as the division of ^(C5)soul and ^(C5)spirit, of both joints and marrow, and ^(C6)able to ^(F1)judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

And ^(C1)there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are ^(C2)open and laid bare to the eyes of Him to whom ^(F1)we must answer.