Hebrews 4:1
Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
KJV
Φοβηθῶμεν οὖν μήποτε καταλειπομένης ἐπαγγελίας εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὴν κατάπαυσιν αὐτοῦ δοκῇ τις ἐξ ὑμῶν ὑστερηκέναι·
Greek NT
Timeamus ergo ne forte relicta pollicitatione introëundi in requiem ejus, existimetur aliquis ex vobis deesse.
Vulgate
Let us fear therefore, lest haply, a promise being left of entering into his rest, any one of you should seem to have come short of it.
ASV
Let us fear therefore lest, the promise being left of entering into his rest, any of you should be thought to be wanting.
Douay-Rheims
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15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
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4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
1. Paul, having treated of hope, and having said that We are His house, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end Hebrews 3:6; next shows that we ought to look forward with firmness, and he proves this from the Scriptures. But be attentive, because he has expressed this in a manner somewhat difficult and not readily to be comprehended. And t…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 9:26 — I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:
- 1Cor 10:12 — Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
- 1Pet 1:17 — And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man’s work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:
- 1Pet 4:18 — And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
- 2Cor 7:1 — Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
- 2Cor 7:11 — For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement des
- 2Cor 13:5 — Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
- 2Tim 2:13 — If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.
- Acts 5:11 — And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things.
- Acts 24:25 — And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.
- Col 2:17 — Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.
- Heb 2:1 — Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.
- Heb 2:3 — How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;
- Heb 3:11 — So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)
- Heb 4:3 — For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
- Heb 4:9 — There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
- Heb 4:9 — There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
- Heb 4:11 — Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
- Heb 12:15 — Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;
- Heb 12:15 — Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;
- Heb 12:25 — See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:
- Heb 13:7 — Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation.
- Isa 11:10 — And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.
- Jer 32:40 — And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.
- Jer 32:40 — And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.
- Matt 7:21 — Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
- Matt 7:26 — And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
- Matt 11:28 — Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
- Matt 19:30 — But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first.
- Matt 25:8 — And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.
- Mic 2:10 — Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction.
- Num 14:34 — After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise.
- Num 14:34 — After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise.
- Phil 2:12 — Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
- Prov 28:14 — Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.
- Prov 28:14 — Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.
- Ps 2:11 — Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
- Rom 3:3 — For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?
- Rom 3:23 — For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
- Rom 3:23 — For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;