18 And to whom did he swear that lthey would not enter his rest, but to those who were disobedient?
Hebrews 4:1
1 Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us fear lest any of you should seem nto have failed to reach it.
Hebrews 4:3–9
3 For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said,
p“As I swore in my wrath,
‘They shall not enter my rest,’”
although his works were finished from the foundation of the world. 4 For he has somewhere spoken of the seventh day in this way: q“And God rested on the seventh day from all his works.” 5 And again in this passage he said,
r“They shall not enter my rest.”
6 Since therefore it remains for some to enter it, and those who formerly received the good news sfailed to enter because of disobedience, 7 again he appoints a certain day, “Today,” saying through David so long afterward, in the words already quoted,
t“Today, if you hear his voice,
do not harden your hearts.”
8 For if Joshua had given them rest, God1 would not have spoken of another day later on. 9 So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God,
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