And: “You, Lord, in the beginning laid the foundation of the earth, And the heavens are the work of Your hands.

You have made him a little lower than the angels; You have crowned him with glory and honor, And set him over the works of Your hands.

Where your fathers tested Me, tried Me, And saw My works forty years.

For we who have believed do enter that rest, as He has said: “So I swore in My wrath, ‘They shall not enter My rest,’ ” although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.

For He has spoken in a certain place of the seventh day in this way: “And God rested on the seventh day from all His works”;

For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His.

The Peril of Not Progressing

Therefore, leaving the discussion of the elementary principles of Christ, let us go on to perfection, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God,

For God is not unjust to forget your work and labor of love which you have shown toward His name, in that you have ministered to the saints, and do minister.

how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works,

who through faith subdued kingdoms, worked righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,

make you complete in every good work to do His will, working in you what is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.