Anderson - Hebrews - 4

4:1  Let us fear, therefore, lest, as a promise of entering into his rest still remains, any of you should seem to come short of it.

4:2  For we have had the good news preached to us, even as they had: but the word preached did not profit them, for it was not mixed with faith in those who heard it.

4:3  For we who have believed are to enter into rest, as he said: So I swore in my anger, they shall not enter into my rest; namely, that rest from his works which had been finished from the foundation of the world.

4:4  For he spoke in a certain place of the seventh day, thus: And God did rest on the seventh day from all his works;

4:5  and in this place again: They shall not enter into my rest.

4:6  Since, then, it remains that some must enter into it, and they, to whom the good news was first preached, did not enter in on account of unbelief,

4:7  again, he determines a certain day, saying in David, after so long a time, To-day, as it is said, To-day, if you will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.

4:8  For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not, after this, have spoken of another day.

4:9  There remains, therefore, a sabbath-state for the people of God.

4:10  For he that has entered into his rest, he also has ceased from his own works, as God did from his.

4:11  Let us earnestly strive, therefore, to enter into that rest, lest any one fall after the same example of unbelief.

4:12  For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and pierces even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

4:13  And there is no creature which is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked, and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give an account.

4:14  Seeing, then, that we have a great high priest, who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.

4:15  For we have not a high priest that can not sympathize with our infirmities; but he was tempted in all things like ourselves, yet without sin.

4:16  Let us come, therefore, with boldness, to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and find grace to help in every time of need.