Hebrews 4:6

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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.

Cross References

Matthew 21:43

“So I tell you that the kingdom of God is going to be taken away from you and given to people who will produce its fruit.

Hebrews 4:2

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.

Acts 28:28

“Let this be known: God has sent his salvation to the Gentiles, and they will listen!”

Hebrews 4:9

So there must still be a Sabbath rest available for God’s people.

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.”

1 Corinthians 7:29

What I mean, brothers and sisters, is that the time is short. From now on, those who have a husband or wife should live as if they didn’t have one.

Hebrews 4:11

So let’s make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will die by disobeying the way the people of long ago did.