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.

The same promise of going into God’s rest is still for us. But we should be afraid that some of us may not be able to go in.

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.

We have heard the Good News even as they did, but it did them no good because it was not mixed with faith.

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.

We who have put our trust in God go into His rest. God said this of our early fathers, “I was angry and said, ‘They will not go into My rest.’” And yet God’s work was finished after He made the world. God’s Rest

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

In the Holy Writings He said this about the seventh day when He made the whole world, “God rested on the seventh day from all He had made.”

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

But God said this about those who turned against Him, “They will not go into 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,

Those who heard the Good News first did not go into His rest. It was because they had not obeyed Him. But the promise is still good and some are going into His rest.

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.”

God has again set a certain day for people to go into His rest. He says through David many years later as He had said before, “If you hear His voice today, do not let your hearts become hard.”

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

If Joshua had led those people into God’s rest, He would not have told of another day after that.

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

And so God’s people have a complete rest waiting for them.

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

The man who goes into God’s rest, rests from his own work the same as God rested from His work.

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

Let us do our best to go into that rest or we will be like the people who did not go in.

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.

God’s Word is living and powerful. It is sharper than a sword that cuts both ways. It cuts straight into where the soul and spirit meet and it divides them. It cuts into the joints and bones. It tells what the heart is thinking about and what it wants to do.

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.

No one can hide from God. His eyes see everything we do. We must give an answer to God for what we have done. Jesus—Our Great Religious Leader

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.

We have a great Religious Leader Who has made the way for man to go to God. He is Jesus, the Son of God, Who has gone to heaven to be with God. Let us keep our trust in Jesus Christ.

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.

Our Religious Leader understands how weak we are. Christ was tempted in every way we are tempted, but He did not sin.

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 go with complete trust to the throne of God. We will receive His loving-kindness and have His loving-favor to help us whenever we need it.