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Hebrews 4:9

There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.

KJV

ἄρα ἀπολείπεται σαββατισμὸς τῷ λαῷ τοῦ θεοῦ·

Greek NT

Itaque relinquitur sabbatismus populo Dei.

Vulgate

There remaineth therefore a sabbath rest for the people of God.

ASV

There remaineth therefore a day of rest for the people of God.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

6 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

θεός
theos
noun · 1311×
λαός
laos
noun · 144×
σαββατισμός
sabbatismos
noun · 1×
ἀπολείπω
apoleipo
verb · 7×
ἄρα
ara
particle · 36×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

10 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§624"By the grace of God" Jesus tasted death "for every one".459 In his plan of salvation, God ordained that his Son should not only "die for our sins"460 but should also "taste death", experience the condition of death, the separation of his soul from his body, between the time he expired on the cross and the time he was raised from the dead. the state of the dead Christ is the my…
§1720The New Testament uses several expressions to characterize the beatitude to which God calls man: - the coming of the Kingdom of God;16 - the vision of God: "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God"17 - entering into the joy of the Lord;18 - entering into God's rest:19 There we shall rest and see, we shall see and love, we shall love and praise. Behold what will be…
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…
Further, also, it is written concerning the Sabbath in the Decalogue which the Lord spoke, face to face, to Moses on Mount Sinai, "And sanctify the Sabbath of the Lord with clean hands and a pure heart."
Thou shalt sanctify the holy day. The word holy day is rendered from the Hebrew word Sabbath, which properly signifies to rest, that is, to abstain from labor. We keep holy days not for the sake of intelligent and learned Christians, for they have no need of it. We keep them, first, for the sake of bodily need, that nature may rest and be refreshed; secondly and chiefly, that p…
Q. What is God's will for you in the fourth commandment? A. First, that the gospel ministry and education for it be maintained, and that, especially on the festive day of rest, I regularly attend the assembly of God's people to learn what God's Word teaches, to participate in the sacraments, to pray to God publicly, and to bring Christian offerings for the poor. Second, that ev…
We believe that the first day of the week is the Lord's Day, or Christian Sabbath; and is to be kept sacred to religious purposes, by abstaining from all secular labor and sinful recreations; by the devout observance of all the means of grace, both private and public; and by preparation for that rest that remaineth for the people of God.

Cross-references

  • 1Pet 2:10 — Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.
  • Acts 9:31 — Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.
  • Exod 31:15 — Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.
  • Heb 3:11 — So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)
  • Heb 3:11 — So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)
  • Heb 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.
  • Heb 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.
  • 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 4:6 — Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief:
  • Heb 11:25 — Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
  • Heb 13:14 — For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Isa 32:18 — And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;
  • Isa 57:2 — He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.
  • Isa 60:19 — The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
  • Job 3:17 — There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.
  • Josh 21:44 — And the LORD gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; the LORD delivered all their enemies into their
  • Matt 1:21 — And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.
  • Ps 94:13 — That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked.
  • Rev 7:14 — And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
  • Rev 14:13 — And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do foll
  • Rev 21:4 — And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
  • Titus 2:14 — Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.