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\v 1 Therefore, let us be very careful so that none of you might seem to have failed to reach the promise left behind for you to enter God's rest.
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\v 2 For we were told the good news just as they were. But that message did not benefit those who did not unite in faith with those who obeyed.
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\f + \ft Other versions read, \fqa But that message did not benefit those who heard it without joining faith to it. \fqa* \f*
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\v 3 For we who have believed are the ones who will enter that rest, just as he said,
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\q "As I swore in my wrath,
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\q They will never enter my rest."
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\p Even so, his created works were finished at the foundation of the world.
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\v 4 For he has said somewhere about the seventh day,
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\q "God rested on the seventh day from all his deeds."
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\v 5 Again he has said,
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\q "They will never enter my rest."
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\v 6 Therefore, because it is still reserved for some to enter his rest, and since many Israelites who heard the good news did not enter it because of disobedience,
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\v 7 God has again set a certain day called, "Today." After many days, he spoke through David, as it was earlier said,
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\q "Today if you hear his voice,
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\q do not harden your hearts."
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\v 8 For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken about another day.
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\v 9 Therefore there is still a Sabbath rest reserved for God's people.
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\v 10 For he who enters into God's rest has himself also rested from his deeds, just as God did from his.
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\v 11 Therefore let us be eager to enter that rest, so that no one will fall into the kind of disobedience that they did.
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\v 12 For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword. It pierces even to the division of soul from spirit, and joints from marrow. It is able to know the heart's thoughts and intentions.
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\v 13 Nothing created is hidden before God. Instead, everything is bare and open to the eyes of the one to whom we must give account.
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\v 14 Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us firmly hold to our beliefs.
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\v 15 For we do not have a high priest who cannot feel sympathy for our weaknesses. Instead, we have someone who has in all ways been tempted as we are, except that he is without sin.
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\v 16 Let us then go 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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