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We who have believed are entering that rest, just as he has said,

“So in my anger I swore a solemn oath
    that they would never enter my rest,”[a]

even though his actions had been finished since the creation[b] of the world. Somewhere he has spoken about the seventh day as follows: “On the seventh day God rested from all his actions,”[c] and again in this passage,[d] “They will never enter my rest.”[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 4:3 Cf. Ps 95:11
  2. Hebrews 4:3 Lit. foundation; or beginning
  3. Hebrews 4:4 Cf. Gen 2:2
  4. Hebrews 4:5 The Gk. lacks passage
  5. Hebrews 4:5 Cf. Ps 95:11