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Hebrews 4:2-4
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
Hebrews 4:2-4
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
2 for indeed, we have had-good-news-announced[a], just as those[b] also.
In Moses’ Day Only Those Who Believed Entered The Promised Physical Rest
But the word[c] of hearing did not profit those ones, they[d] not having been united in faith with the ones[e] having heard. 3 For we, the ones having believed[f], enter into the rest, just as He has said: “As I swore in My wrath, they shall never enter into My rest” [Ps 95:11].
And Yet God’s Rest Began On The Seventh Day, Not In Moses’ Day
And-yet, His works have been done since the foundation of the world. 4 For He has spoken somewhere about the seventh day as follows: “And God rested on the seventh day from all His works” [Gen 2:2],
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- Hebrews 4:2 That is, the word spoken by God about His Son (1:2), to which we must pay more attention (2:1).
- Hebrews 4:2 That is, those in Moses’ day.
- Hebrews 4:2 That is, their subjective hearing of the message. Or, the objective message itself which they heard.
- Hebrews 4:2 That is, Moses’ generation.
- Hebrews 4:2 That is, heard in faith; Moses, Joshua, and Caleb.
- Hebrews 4:3 Then as now, we enter by faith; we are excluded by unbelief.
Hebrews 4:2-4
New International Version
Hebrews 4:2-4
New International Version
2 For we also have had the good news proclaimed to us, just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, because they did not share the faith of those who obeyed.[a](A) 3 Now we who have believed enter that rest, just as God has said,
And yet his works have been finished since the creation of the world. 4 For somewhere he has spoken about the seventh day in these words: “On the seventh day God rested from all his works.”[c](C)
Footnotes
- Hebrews 4:2 Some manuscripts because those who heard did not combine it with faith
- Hebrews 4:3 Psalm 95:11; also in verse 5
- Hebrews 4:4 Gen. 2:2
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