Hebrews 4:2

Bible in Basic English 1965

And, truly, the good news came to us, even as it did to them; but the hearing of the word did them no good, because they were not united in faith with the true hearers.

Cross References

Acts 13:46

Then Paul and Barnabas without fear said, It was necessary for the word of God to be given to you first; but because you will have nothing to do with it, and have no desire for eternal life, it will now be offered to the Gentiles.

Acts 3:26

To you, first, God sent his servant, blessing you by turning every one of you from his sins.

Romans 2:25

It is true that circumcision is of use if you keep the law, but if you go against the law it is as if you had it not.

Romans 3:3

And if some have no faith, will that make the faith of God without effect?

1 Corinthians 13:3

And if I give all my goods to the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it is of no profit to me.

Galatians 3:2

Give me an answer to this one question, Did the Spirit come to you through the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

Galatians 3:8

And the holy Writings, seeing before the event that God would give the Gentiles righteousness by faith, gave the good news before to Abraham, saying, In you will all the nations have a blessing.

Galatians 4:13

But you have knowledge that with a feeble body I was preaching the good news to you the first time;

Deuteronomy 1:32

But for all this, you had no faith in the Lord your God,

1 Thessalonians 1:5

Because our good news came to you, not in word only, but in power, and in the Holy Spirit, so that you were completely certain of it; even as you saw what our behaviour to you was like from our love to you.

1 Thessalonians 2:13

And for this cause we still give praise to God, that, when the word came to your ears through us, you took it, not as the word of man, but, as it truly is, the word of God, which has living power in you who have faith.

1 Timothy 4:8

For the training of the body is of profit for a little, but religion is of profit in every way, giving hope for the life which now is, and for that which is to come.

Hebrews 11:6

And without faith it is not possible to be well-pleasing to him, for it is necessary for anyone who comes to God to have the belief that God is, and that he is a rewarder of all those who make a serious search for him.

Hebrews 3:12

My brothers, take care that there is not by chance in any one of you an evil heart without belief, turning away from the living God:

Hebrews 4:6

So that as it is clear that some have to go in, and that the first hearers of the good news were not able to go in because they went against God's orders,

James 1:21

For this reason, putting away all dirty behaviour and the overweight of evil, take into your souls without pride the word which, being planted there, is able to give you salvation.

1 Peter 1:12

And it was made clear to those prophets that they were God's servants not for themselves but for you, to give you word of the things which have now come to your ears from the preachers of the good news through the Holy Spirit sent down from heaven; things which even angels have a desire to see.