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The Sabbath Rest

Hebrews 4:1

In 9 translations

BSB
Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be deemed to have fallen short of it.
KJV
Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
WEB
Let’s fear therefore, lest perhaps anyone of you should seem to have come short of a promise of entering into his rest.
ASV
Let us fear therefore, lest haply, a promise being left of entering into his rest, any one of you should seem to have come short of it.
LSV
We may fear, then, lest a promise being left of entering into His rest, anyone of you may seem to have come short,
YLT
We may fear, then, lest a promise being left of entering into His rest, any one of you may seem to have come short,
DBY
Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left of entering into his rest, any one of you might seem to have failed [of it].
DRC
Let us fear therefore lest the promise being left of entering into his rest, any of you should be thought to be wanting.
GNV
Let vs feare therefore, least at any time by forsaking the promise of entring into his rest, any of you should seeme to be depriued.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Greek has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

SBLGNT
Φοβηθῶμεν οὖν μήποτε καταλειπομένης ἐπαγγελίας εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὴν κατάπαυσιν αὐτοῦ δοκῇ τις ἐξ ὑμῶν ὑστερηκέναι·
RP2018
Φοβηθῶμεν οὖν μήποτε καταλειπομένης ἐπαγγελίας εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὴν κατάπαυσιν αὐτοῦ, δοκῇ τις ἐξ ὑμῶν ὑστερηκέναι.
TR-Boyd
Φοβηθῶμεν οὖν μήποτε καταλειπομένης ἐπαγγελίας εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὴν κατάπαυσιν αὐτοῦ, δοκῇ τις ἐξ ὑμῶν ὑστερηκέναι.
SCR1894
φοβηθωμεν ουν μηποτε καταλειπομενης επαγγελιας εισελθειν εις την καταπαυσιν αυτου δοκη τις εξ υμων υστερηκεναι

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Hebrews 12:15See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many.
  • Hebrews 4:9There remains, then, a Sabbath rest for the people of God.
  • 1 Corinthians 9:26–27Therefore I do not run aimlessly; I do not fight like I am beating the air. No, I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
  • Proverbs 28:14Blessed is the man who is always reverent, but he who hardens his heart falls into trouble.
  • Hebrews 4:11Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.
  • 1 Corinthians 10:12So the one who thinks he is standing firm should be careful not to fall.
  • Hebrews 13:7Remember your leaders who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith.
  • Hebrews 4:3–5Now we who have believed enter that rest. As for the others, it is just as God has said: “So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’” And yet His works have been finished since the foundation of…
  • Romans 11:20That is correct: They were broken off because of unbelief, but you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but be afraid.
  • Romans 3:23for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
  • 2 Timothy 2:13if we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.
  • Numbers 14:34In keeping with the forty days you spied out the land, you shall bear your guilt forty years—a year for each day—and you will experience My alienation.
  • Hebrews 2:1–3We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away. For if the message spoken by angels was binding, and every transgression and disobedience received its just punishment, how…
  • Matthew 7:26–27But everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—and…
  • Jeremiah 32:40I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never turn away from doing good to them, and I will put My fear in their hearts, so that they will never turn away from Me.
  • Matthew 7:21–23Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in…

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