Hebrews 4

Let us fear therefore, lest perhaps a promise being left of entering into his rest, anyone of you should seem to have come short of it. 2For indeed we have had the Injil1 preached to us, even as they also did, but the word they heard didn’t profit them, because it wasn’t mixed with faith by those who heard. 3For we who have believed do enter into that rest, even as he has said, 

“Therefore I swore in my wrath, they will not enter into my rest;” 2

although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. 4For he has said this somewhere about the seventh day, 

“God rested on the seventh day from all his work;” 3 

5and in this place again, 

“They will not enter into my rest.” 4

6Seeing therefore it remains that some should enter therein, and they to whom the Injil was before preached failed to enter in because of disobedience, 7he again defines a certain day, “Today,” saying through Dawud so long a time afterward (just as has been said),

“Today, if you will hear his voice, do not harden your hearts.” 5

8For if Yusha6 had given them rest, he would not later have spoken of another day. 9There remains therefore a Sabbath rest for the people of God. 10For he who has entered into his rest has himself also rested from his works, as God did from his. 11Let us therefore give diligence to enter into that rest, lest anyone fall after the same example of disobedience. 12For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart. 13There is no creature that is hidden from his sight, but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him with whom we have to do. 

14Having then a great high priest, who has passed through the heavens, ‘ISA7 the SON OF GOD8, let us hold tightly to our confession. 15For we do not have a high priest who cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but one who has been in all points tempted like we are, yet without sin. 16Let us therefore draw near with boldness to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace for help in time of need.

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  1. 4:2 Injil, this Arabic word is derived from Euangel (Greek) and means “good news” or “Gospel” (old English for ‘good news’). Depending on context, Injil can refer to, 
    1. the whole Christian New Testament containing 27 books, 
    2. the first 4 books of the New Testament, that is, the Injil according to Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, or,
    3. the message or “good news” of forgiveness of sins through ‘ISA AL-MASIH, revealed in the holy Injil (or New Testament). ↩︎
  2. 4:3 Quoting the Zabur 95:11 which says: “Therefore I swore in my wrath, they will not enter into my rest.” ↩︎
  3. 4:4 Quoting the Taurat, Genesis 2:2 which says: “On the seventh day God finished the work he had been doing; so he rested on the seventh day from all his work.” ↩︎
  4. 4:5 Quoting the Zabur 95:11 which says: “Therefore I swore in my wrath, they will not enter into my rest.” ↩︎
  5. 4:7 Quoting the Zabur 95:7-8 which says: “For he is our God. We are the people of his pasture, and the sheep in his care. Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your heart, as in the rebellion, as in the day of trial in the wilderness.” ↩︎
  6. 4:8 Yusha, or Joshua, son of Nun who led Bani-Israel into the Promised Land after the death of Prophet Musa. ↩︎
  7. 4:14 ‘ISA – The names ‘ISA (Arabic), ISHO (Syriac) and JESUS (Greek, IESOUS) are all derived from the Hebrew name YEHOSHUA, which means “YAHWEH saves.” (YAHWEH is God’s personal name revealed to Prophet Musa in the Taurat, Exodus 3:15 – God said moreover to Musa, “You shall tell Bani-Israel this, ‘YAHWEH, the God of your fathers, the God of Ibrahim, the God of Ishaq, and the God of Yaqub, has sent me to you.’ This is my Name forever, and this is how I am to be remembered to all generations.”) ↩︎
  8. 4:14 SON OF GOD, a title of the Messiah, ‘ISA AL-MASIH, revealed through Prophet Dawud in the Zabur 2:7-9, which says: I will tell of the decree. YAHWEH said to me, “You are my SON. Today I have become your FATHER. Ask of me, and I will give the nations for your inheritance, The ends of the earth for your possession. You shall break them with a rod of iron. You shall dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.” ↩︎