Hebrews 4:1 Cross References - Haweis

¹ LET us fear then lest, though a promise be left of entering into his rest, any one of you should appear to fail of obtaining it.

²¹ Not every one who saith to me, Lord, Lord! shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father who is in heaven. ²² Many will say unto me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have we not cast out devils? and in thy name done many miracles? ²³ And then will I profess unto them, that I never knew you: depart from me, ye workers of iniquity.

²⁶ And every man who is hearing these sayings of mine, and doth not practise them, he will resemble the foolish man, who built his house upon the sand: ²⁷ and the rain descended, and the rivers rushed, and the winds blew, and set against that house, and it fell; and the fall of it was great.

⁴⁸ But if that wicked servant say in his heart, My master will be a long while ere he comes;

⁴⁵ But if that servant say in his heart, My master will be a long while ere he comes; and shall begin to beat the men and maid-servants, and to eat and to drink, and to get drunk; ⁴⁶ the master of that servant will come in a day when he doth not expect him, and at an hour which he knoweth not, and shall cut him asunder, and give him his portion with the unfaithful.

²⁵ When the master of the family shall have arisen, and shut the door, and ye shall begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Master, master, open it for us! and he answering will tell you, I know you not whence ye are: ²⁶ then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets. ²⁷ And he will say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity. ²⁸ There shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom, and yourselves cast out. ²⁹ And they shall come from the east, and west, and from north, and south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God. ³⁰ And, behold, there are last who shall be first, and there are first who shall be last.

³ For what if some were unbelievers? shall their unbelief render the faithfulness of God ineffectual? ⁴ God forbid: but let God be true, though every man were a liar; as it is written, "That thou mayest be acknowledged just in thy sayings, and overcome when thou art judged."

²³ for all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

²⁰ Admitted; by unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not high minded, but fear:

²⁶ I therefore so run not as uncertainly; so do I exercise with my fists, not as striking the air: ²⁷ but I beat down my body, and bring it into subjection, that I may not by any means, after having preached to others, myself become reprobate.

¹² Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth, take heed lest he fall.

¹³ if we are unbelieving, he abideth faithful; he cannot contradict himself.

¹ FOR this reason we ought to attend more diligently to the things which have been heard, lest by any means we let them flow by us. ² For if the discourse spoken by angels was confirmed, and every transgression and disobedience received a just punishment as its due, ³ how shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation, which, commencing at the beginning to be spoken by the Lord, was confirmed unto us by those who had heard him;

¹¹ so I swore in my wrath that they shall not enter into my rest.

³ For we who have believed, have entered into the rest, even as he said, "So, I sware in my wrath, that they shall not enter into my rest;" and that notwithstanding the works were done from the foundation of the world. ⁴ For he said in a certain passage concerning the seventh day to this purport, "And God rested on the seventh day from all his works." ⁵ And in this passage again, "They shall not enter into my rest."

⁹ A sabbatical rest then still remaineth for the people of God.

¹¹ Let us then earnestly endeavour to enter into that rest, lest any person fall after the same example of unbelief.

¹⁵ carefully observing lest any of you fail of attaining the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and by it many be defiled;

²⁵ Beware that ye reject not him that speaketh: for if they escaped not, who rejected him, that upon earth spake by divine influence, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him who speaks from heaven:

⁷ Remember your presidents, who have spoken to you the word of God: the ultimate issue of whose conduct attentively observing, be imitators of their fidelity.