Hebrews 4:2

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The good news has been preached to us, just as it was to our people of long ago. But the message they heard didn’t do them any good, because they didn’t embrace it by faith when they heard it.

Cross References

1 Thessalonians 2:13

We also thank God constantly for the way you received his word when you heard it from us. You didn’t accept it as a human word, but for what it is, the word of God. And that word is truly at work in you who believe.

Hebrews 11:6

Without faith it’s impossible to please God, because those who come to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who try hard to find him.

Hebrews 3:12

Brothers and sisters, make sure that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God.

1 Timothy 4:8

Physical training has some value, but being godly has value in every way. It can help both in the life you’re now living and in the life to come.

Romans 2:25

Being circumcised is valuable if you obey the law. But if you break the law, it’s just as if you weren’t circumcised.

Acts 13:46

Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly. “We had to speak God’s word to you first,” they said. “But you haven’t accepted it, as if you think you don’t deserve eternal life. So we’re going to talk to the Gentiles from now on.

James 1:21

So get rid of everything that’s sinful and the evil that’s all around you, and humbly accept the word that’s planted in you, which can save you.

Hebrews 4:6

So some people can still enter that rest. Those who had the good news announced to them earlier didn’t obey, and so they didn’t go in.

1 Corinthians 13:3

If I give everything I have to the poor, and I endure so much hardship that I can brag about it, but I don’t have love, that doesn’t do me any good at all.

1 Peter 1:12

The prophets were shown that they weren’t serving themselves. Instead, they were serving you when they spoke about the things that you’ve now heard from those who preached the good news to you with the help of the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things.

1 Thessalonians 1:5

because our good news didn’t just come to you through our words. It came with power, with the Holy Spirit, and with great confidence. You know what we went through for your sake when we were with you.

Galatians 3:8

Scripture saw long ago that God would make the Gentiles right with himself by faith. It announced the good news ahead of time to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”

Galatians 4:13

Remember when I first preached the good news to you? I stopped in your area because I was sick.

Acts 3:26

When God raised up his servant Jesus, he sent him to you first. That was to bless you and turn you each away from doing wrong.”

Romans 3:3

What if some Jews weren’t faithful? Will that keep God from being faithful?

Galatians 3:2

I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Holy Spirit by keeping the law, or by believing what you heard?