1 L et us fear therefore, lest perhaps anyone of you should seem to have come short of a promise of entering into his rest.

Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still holds and is offered, let us be afraid '> to distrust it], lest any of you should think he has come too late and has come short of it.

2 F or indeed we have had good news preached to us, even as they also did, but the word they heard didn’t profit them, because it wasn’t mixed with faith by those who heard.

For indeed we have had the glad tidings proclaimed to us just as truly as they; but the message they heard did not benefit them, because it was not mixed with faith (with the leaning of the entire personality on God in absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness) by those who heard it; neither were they united in faith with the ones who heard (did believe).

3 F or we who have believed do enter into that rest, even as he has said, “As I swore in my wrath, they will not enter into my rest”; although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.

For we who have believed (adhered to and trusted in and relied on God) do enter that rest, in accordance with His declaration that those should not enter when He said, As I swore in My wrath, They shall not enter My rest; and this He said although works had been completed and prepared from the foundation of the world.

4 F or he has said this somewhere about the seventh day, “God rested on the seventh day from all his works”;

For in a certain place He has said this about the seventh day: And God rested on the seventh day from all His works.

5 a nd in this place again, “They will not enter into my rest.”

And in this He said, They shall not enter My rest.

6 S eeing therefore it remains that some should enter therein, and they to whom the good news was before preached failed to enter in because of disobedience,

Seeing then that the promise remains over for some to enter that rest, and that those who formerly were given the good news about it and the opportunity, failed to appropriate it and did not enter because of disobedience,

7 h e again defines a certain day, today, saying through David so long a time afterward (just as has been said), “Today if you will hear his voice, don’t harden your hearts.”

Again He sets a definite day, Today, saying through David after so long a time in the words already quoted, Today, if you would hear His voice and when you hear it, do not harden your hearts.

8 F or if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have spoken afterward of another day.

For if Joshua had given them rest, He would not speak afterward about another day.

9 T here remains therefore a Sabbath rest for the people of God.

So then, there is still awaiting a full and complete Sabbath-rest reserved for the people of God;

10 F or he who has entered into his rest has himself also rested from his works, as God did from his.

For he who has once entered rest also has ceased from of human labors, just as God rested from those labors peculiarly His own.

11 L et us therefore give diligence to enter into that rest, lest anyone fall after the same example of disobedience.

Let us therefore be zealous and exert ourselves and strive diligently to enter that rest, that no one may fall or perish by the same kind of unbelief and disobedience.

12 F or the word of God is living and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

For the Word that God speaks is alive and full of power; it is sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating to the dividing line of the breath of life (soul) and spirit, and of joints and marrow, exposing and sifting and analyzing and judging the very thoughts and purposes of the heart.

13 T here is no creature that is hidden from his sight, but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him to whom we must give an account.

And not a creature exists that is concealed from His sight, but all things are open and exposed, naked and defenseless to the eyes of Him with Whom we have to do.

14 H aving then a great high priest, who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold tightly to our confession.

Inasmuch then as we have a great High Priest Who has ascended and passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.

15 F or we don’t have a high priest who can’t be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but one who has been in all points tempted like we are, yet without sin.

For we do not have a High Priest Who is unable to understand and sympathize and have a shared feeling with our weaknesses and infirmities and liability to the assaults of temptation, but One Who has been tempted in every respect as we are, yet without sinning.

16 L et us therefore draw near with boldness to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find grace for help in time of need.

Let us then fearlessly and confidently and boldly draw near to the throne of grace (the throne of God’s unmerited favor to us sinners), that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in good time for every need.