Hebrews 4:6

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“Since, then, it remains for some to enter His rest, and since those who formerly heard the good news did not enter because of their disobedience,”

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BSBPD

“Since, then, it remains for some to enter His rest, and since those who formerly heard the good news did not enter because of their disobedience,”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief:”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Seeing therefore it remaineth that some should enter thereinto, and they to whom the good tidings were before preached failed to enter in because of disobedience,”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“since then, it remaineth for certain to enter into it, and those who did first hear good news entered not in because of unbelief--”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Hebrews 4:6 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Numbers 14:12I will strike them with a plague and destroy them—and I will make you into a nation greater and mightier than they are.”
  2. Numbers 14:31But I will bring your children, whom you said would become plunder, into the land you have rejected—and they will enjoy it.
  3. Isaiah 65:15You will leave behind your name as a curse for My chosen ones, and the Lord GOD will slay you; but to His servants He will give another name.
  4. Matthew 21:43Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.
  5. Matthew 22:9Go therefore to the crossroads and invite to the banquet as many as you can find.’
  6. Luke 14:21The servant returned and reported all this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’
  7. Acts 13:46Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.
  8. Acts 28:28Be advised, therefore, that God’s salvation has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will listen!”
  9. 1 Corinthians 7:29What I am saying, brothers, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they had none;
  10. Galatians 3:8The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and foretold the gospel to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”
  11. Hebrews 3:18And to whom did He swear that they would never enter His rest? Was it not to those who disobeyed?
  12. Hebrews 4:2For we also received the good news just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, since they did not share the faith of those who comprehended it.
  13. Hebrews 4:9There remains, then, a Sabbath rest for the people of God.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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