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Hebrews 4:4-11 Common English Bible (CEB)

4. Then somewhere he said this about the seventh day of creation: God rested on the seventh day from all his works.

5. But again, in the passage above, God said, They will never enter my rest!

6. Therefore, it’s left open for some to enter it, and the ones who had the good news preached to them before didn’t enter because of disobedience.

7. Just as it says in the passage above, God designates a certain day as "today," when he says through David much later, Today, if you hear his voice, don’t have stubborn hearts.

8. If Joshua gave the Israelites rest, God wouldn’t have spoken about another day later on.

9. So you see that a sabbath rest is left open for God’s people.

10. The one who entered God’s rest also rested from his works, just as God rested from his own.

11. Therefore, let’s make every effort to enter that rest so that no one will fall by following the same example of disobedience,

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