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As for the others, God said, “In my anger I took an oath: ‘They will never enter my place of rest,’” even though this rest has been ready since he made the world. <a href="/esv/hebrews/4.htm">English Standard Version</a> For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said, “As I swore in my wrath, ‘They shall not enter my rest,’” although his works were finished from the foundation of the world. <a href="/bsb/hebrews/4.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Now we who have believed enter that rest. As for the others, it is just as God has said: “So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’” And yet His works have been finished since the foundation of the world. <a href="/blb/hebrews/4.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> For those having believed enter into the rest, as He has said: "So I swore in my wrath, 'they shall not enter into My rest.'" And yet the works have been finished from the foundation of the world. <a href="/kjv/hebrews/4.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/hebrews/4.htm">New King James Version</a> For we who have believed do enter that rest, as He has said: “So I swore in My wrath, ‘They shall not enter My rest,’ ” although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. <a href="/nasb_/hebrews/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> For we who have believed enter that rest, just as He has said, “AS I SWORE IN MY ANGER, THEY CERTAINLY SHALL NOT ENTER MY REST,” although His works were finished from the foundation of the world. <a href="/nasb/hebrews/4.htm">NASB 1995</a> For we who have believed enter that rest, just as He has said, &#8220AS I SWORE IN MY WRATH, THEY SHALL NOT ENTER MY REST,&#8221 although His works were finished from the foundation of the world. <a href="/nasb77/hebrews/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a> For we who have believed enter that rest, just as He has said, “AS I SWORE IN MY WRATH, THEY SHALL NOT ENTER MY REST,” although His works were finished from the foundation of the world. <a href="/lsb/hebrews/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> For we who have believed enter that rest, just as He has said, “AS I SWORE IN MY WRATH, THEY SHALL NOT ENTER MY REST,” although His works were finished from the foundation of the world. <a href="/amp/hebrews/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a> For we who believe [that is, we who personally trust and confidently rely on God] enter that rest [so we have His inner peace now because we are confident in our salvation, and assured of His power], just as He has said, “AS I SWORE [an oath] IN MY WRATH, THEY SHALL NOT ENTER MY REST,” [this He said] although His works were completed from the foundation of the world [waiting for all who would believe]. <a href="/csb/hebrews/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> For we who have believed enter the rest, in keeping with what he has said, So I swore in my anger, “They will not enter my rest,” even though his works have been finished since the foundation of the world. <a href="/hcsb/hebrews/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> (for we who have believed enter the rest), in keeping with what He has said: So I swore in My anger, they will not enter My rest. And yet His works have been finished since the foundation of the world, <a href="/asv/hebrews/4.htm">American Standard Version</a> For we who have believed do enter into that rest; even as he hath said, As I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. <a href="/cev/hebrews/4.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Only people who have faith will enter the place of rest. It is just as the Scriptures say, "God became angry and told the people, 'You will never enter my place of rest!'" God said this, even though everything has been ready from the time of creation. <a href="/erv/hebrews/4.htm">English Revised Version</a> For we which have believed do enter into that rest; even as he hath said, As I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. <a href="/gwt/hebrews/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> We who believe are entering that place of rest. As God said, "So I angrily took a solemn oath that they would never enter my place of rest." God said this even though he had finished his work when he created the world. <a href="/gnt/hebrews/4.htm">Good News Translation</a> We who believe, then, do receive that rest which God promised. It is just as he said, "I was angry and made a solemn promise: 'They will never enter the land where I would have given them rest!'" He said this even though his work had been finished from the time he created the world. <a href="/isv/hebrews/4.htm">International Standard Version</a> We who have believed are entering that rest, just as he has said, "So in my anger I swore a solemn oath that they would never enter my rest," even though his actions had been finished since the creation of the world. <a href="/msb/hebrews/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Now we who have believed enter that rest. As for the others, it is just as God has said: ?So I swore on oath in My anger, ?They shall never enter My rest.?? And yet His works have been finished since the foundation of the world. <a href="/net/hebrews/4.htm">NET Bible</a> For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said, "As I swore in my anger, 'They will never enter my rest!'" And yet God's works were accomplished from the foundation of the world. <a href="/nheb/hebrews/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> For we who have believed do enter into that rest, even as he has said, "As I swore in my wrath, they will not enter into my rest;" although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. <a href="/wbt/hebrews/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> For we who 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. <a href="/wey/hebrews/4.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> We who have believed are soon to be admitted to the true rest; as He has said, "As I swore in My anger, they shall not be admitted to My rest," although God's works had been going on ever since the creation of the world. <a href="/web/hebrews/4.htm">World English Bible</a> For we who have believed do enter into that rest, even as he has said, “As I swore in my wrath, they will not enter into my rest;” although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/hebrews/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> for we enter into the rest—we who believed, as He said, “So I swore in My anger, They will [not] enter into My rest”; and yet the works were done from the foundation of the world, <a href="/blb/hebrews/4.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> For those having believed enter into the rest, as He has said: "So I swore in my wrath, 'they shall not enter into My rest.'" And yet the works have been finished from the foundation of the world. <a href="/ylt/hebrews/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> for we do enter into the rest -- we who did believe, as He said, 'So I sware in My anger, If they shall enter into My rest -- ;' and yet the works were done from the foundation of the world, <a href="/slt/hebrews/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> For we having believed come into the rest, as he said, As I sware in my wrath, if they shall come into my rest: although the works having been from the foundation of the world.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/hebrews/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> For we, who have believed, shall enter into rest; as he said: As I have sworn in my wrath; If they shall enter into my rest; and this indeed when the works from the foundation of the world were finished. <a href="/cpdv/hebrews/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> For we who have believed shall enter into rest, in the same manner as he said: “So it is as I have sworn in my wrath: They shall not enter into my rest!” And certainly, this is when the works from the foundation of the world have been finished. <a href="/nabre/hebrews/4.htm">New American Bible</a> For we who believed enter into [that] rest, just as he has said: “As I swore in my wrath, ‘They shall not enter into my rest,’ ” and yet his works were accomplished at the foundation of the world. <a href="/nrsvce/hebrews/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> For we who have believed enter that rest, just as God has said, “As in my anger I swore, ‘They shall not enter my rest,’” though his works were finished at the foundation of the world.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/hebrews/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> But we who have believed will enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, they shall not enter into my rest; for behold, the works of God were from the very foundation of the world. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/hebrews/4.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> But we who believe enter into rest, but just as he said, “As I swore in my anger, they shall not enter my rest.” For behold, the works of God have existed from the foundation of the world,<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/hebrews/4.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> For we who have believed are to enter into rest, as he said: So I swore in my anger, they shall not enter into my rest; namely, that rest from his works which had been finished from the foundation of the world. <a href="/godbey/hebrews/4.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> For we who have believed, do enter into rest: as he has said, As I swore in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest: the works truly having been from the foundations of the world. <a href="/haweis/hebrews/4.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> 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. <a href="/mace/hebrews/4.htm">Mace New Testament</a> Whereas 'tis we who have believed that shall enter into rest, as he said, "wherefore I have sworn in my wrath, that they shall not enter into my rest." which is different from that rest, at the beginning of the world, when the work of creation was finished. <a href="/wey/hebrews/4.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> We who have believed are soon to be admitted to the true rest; as He has said, "As I swore in My anger, they shall not be admitted to My rest," although God's works had been going on ever since the creation of the world. <a href="/worrell/hebrews/4.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> For we who believed do enter into rest, even as He said, "As I swore in My wrath, they shall not enter into My rest; although the works were finished from the founding of a world." <a href="/worsley/hebrews/4.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> For we who believe shall enter into rest, as He said above, "So I sware in my wrath, they shall not enter into my rest:" though the works of creation were finished from the foundation of the world: <a href="/parallel/hebrews/4-3.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/x-IAXXp5zcA?start=505" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/hebrews/4.htm">The Sabbath Rest</a> …2For we also received the good news just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, since they did not share the faith of those who comprehended it. 3<a href="/greek/1063.htm" title="1063: gar (Conj) -- For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.">Now</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: hoi (Art-NMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">we who</a> <a href="/greek/4100.htm" title="4100: pisteusantes (V-APA-NMP) -- From pistis; to have faith, i.e. Credit; by implication, to entrust.">have believed</a> <a href="/greek/1525.htm" title="1525: Eiserchometha (V-PIM/P-1P) -- To go in, come in, enter. From eis and erchomai; to enter.">enter</a> <a href="/greek/1519.htm" title="1519: eis (Prep) -- A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases."></a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēn (Art-AFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">that</a> <a href="/greek/2663.htm" title="2663: katapausin (N-AFS) -- From katapauo; reposing down, i.e. abode.">rest.</a> <a href="/greek/2531.htm" title="2531: kathōs (Adv) -- According to the manner in which, in the degree that, just as, as. From kata and hos; just as, that.">As for the others, it is just as</a> <a href="/greek/2046.htm" title="2046: eirēken (V-RIA-3S) -- Probably a fuller form of rheo; an alternate for epo in certain tenses; to utter, i.e. Speak or say.">God has said:</a> <a href="/greek/5613.htm" title="5613: Hōs (Adv) -- Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner.">“So</a> <a href="/greek/3660.htm" title="3660: ōmosa (V-AIA-1S) -- A prolonged form of a primary, but obsolete omo, for which another prolonged form omoo is used in certain tenses; to swear, i.e. Take oath.">I swore on oath</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">in</a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: mou (PPro-G1S) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">My</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tē (Art-DFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/3709.htm" title="3709: orgē (N-DFS) -- From oregomai; properly, desire, i.e., violent passion (justifiable) abhorrence); by implication punishment.">anger,</a> <a href="/greek/1487.htm" title="1487: Ei (Conj) -- If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc.">‘</a> <a href="/greek/1525.htm" title="1525: eiseleusontai (V-FIM-3P) -- To go in, come in, enter. From eis and erchomai; to enter.">They shall never enter</a> <a href="/greek/1519.htm" title="1519: eis (Prep) -- A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases."></a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: mou (PPro-G1S) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">My</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēn (Art-AFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2663.htm" title="2663: katapausin (N-AFS) -- From katapauo; reposing down, i.e. abode.">rest.’”</a> <a href="/greek/2543.htm" title="2543: Kaitoi (Conj) -- And yet, although, though. From kai and toi; and yet, i.e. Nevertheless.">And yet</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tōn (Art-GNP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">His</a> <a href="/greek/2041.htm" title="2041: ergōn (N-GNP) -- From a primary ergo; toil; by implication, an act.">works</a> <a href="/greek/1096.htm" title="1096: genēthentōn (V-APP-GNP) -- A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude.">have been finished</a> <a href="/greek/575.htm" title="575: apo (Prep) -- From, away from. A primary particle; off, i.e. Away, in various senses.">since</a> <a href="/greek/2602.htm" title="2602: katabolēs (N-GFS) -- From kataballo; a deposition, i.e. Founding; figuratively, conception.">the foundation</a> <a href="/greek/2889.htm" title="2889: kosmou (N-GMS) -- Probably from the base of komizo; orderly arrangement, i.e. Decoration; by implication, the world (morally).">of the world.</a> 4For somewhere He has spoken about the seventh day in this manner: “And on the seventh day God rested from all His works.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/psalms/95-11.htm">Psalm 95:11</a> So I swore on oath in My anger, “They shall never enter My rest.” <a href="/numbers/14-22.htm">Numbers 14:22-23</a> not one of the men who have seen My glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness—yet have tested Me and disobeyed Me these ten times— / not one will ever see the land that I swore to give their fathers. None of those who have treated Me with contempt will see it. <a href="/matthew/11-28.htm">Matthew 11:28-30</a> Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. / Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. / For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” <a href="/psalms/95-7.htm">Psalm 95:7-8</a> For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, the sheep under His care. Today, if you hear His voice, / do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, in the day at Massah in the wilderness, <a href="/exodus/33-14.htm">Exodus 33:14</a> And the LORD answered, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.” <a href="/deuteronomy/1-34.htm">Deuteronomy 1:34-35</a> When the LORD heard your words, He grew angry and swore an oath, saying, / “Not one of the men of this evil generation shall see the good land I swore to give your fathers, <a href="/isaiah/28-12.htm">Isaiah 28:12</a> to whom He has said: “This is the place of rest, let the weary rest; this is the place of repose.” But they would not listen. <a href="/john/3-18.htm">John 3:18</a> Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son. <a href="/romans/4-3.htm">Romans 4:3</a> For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.” <a href="/romans/10-16.htm">Romans 10:16</a> But not all of them welcomed the good news. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our message?” <a href="/1_corinthians/10-5.htm">1 Corinthians 10:5</a> Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the wilderness. <a href="/2_thessalonians/1-7.htm">2 Thessalonians 1:7</a> and to grant relief to you who are oppressed and to us as well. This will take place when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels <a href="/revelation/14-13.htm">Revelation 14:13</a> And I heard a voice from heaven telling me to write, “Blessed are the dead—those who die in the Lord from this moment on.” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labors, for their deeds will follow them.” <a href="/genesis/2-2.htm">Genesis 2:2</a> And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work. <a href="/joshua/21-44.htm">Joshua 21:44</a> And the LORD gave them rest on every side, just as He had sworn to their fathers. None of their enemies could stand against them, for the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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.we.<a href="/hebrews/3-14.htm">Hebrews 3:14</a> For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;<a href="/isaiah/28-12.htm">Isaiah 28:12</a> To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.<a href="/jeremiah/6-16.htm">Jeremiah 6:16</a> Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.As I.<a href="/hebrews/3-11.htm">Hebrews 3:11</a> So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)<a href="/psalms/95-11.htm">Psalm 95:11</a> Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.the works.<a href="/genesis/1-31.htm">Genesis 1:31</a> And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.<a href="/exodus/20-11.htm">Exodus 20:11</a> For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.from.<a href="/hebrews/9-26.htm">Hebrews 9:26</a> For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.<a href="/matthew/13-35.htm">Matthew 13:35</a> That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.<a href="/ephesians/1-4.htm">Ephesians 1:4</a> According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/hebrews/4-1.htm">Admitted</a> <a href="/philemon/1-19.htm">Although</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-11.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-17.htm">Angry</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-19.htm">Belief</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-18.htm">Believe</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-18.htm">Believed</a> <a href="/2_timothy/3-17.htm">Completed</a> <a href="/colossians/3-11.htm">Creation</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-11.htm">Declared</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-19.htm">Enter</a> <a href="/2_timothy/4-7.htm">Finished</a> <a href="/hebrews/1-10.htm">Foundation</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-1.htm">God's</a> <a href="/hebrews/2-8.htm">Making</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-18.htm">Oath</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-1.htm">Rest</a> <a href="/titus/3-12.htm">Soon</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-18.htm">Sware</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-11.htm">Swore</a> <a href="/acts/7-17.htm">Sworn</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-11.htm">They</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-15.htm">Time</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-2.htm">True.</a> <a href="/hebrews/1-10.htm">Work</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-9.htm">Works</a> <a href="/hebrews/2-5.htm">World</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-11.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/hebrews/4-5.htm">Admitted</a> <a href="/hebrews/5-8.htm">Although</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-27.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-33.htm">Angry</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-6.htm">Belief</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-39.htm">Believe</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-31.htm">Believed</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-6.htm">Completed</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-13.htm">Creation</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-5.htm">Declared</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-5.htm">Enter</a> <a href="/james/1-15.htm">Finished</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-1.htm">Foundation</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-6.htm">God's</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-6.htm">Making</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-13.htm">Oath</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-4.htm">Rest</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-11.htm">Soon</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-13.htm">Sware</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-13.htm">Swore</a> <a href="/hebrews/7-21.htm">Sworn</a> <a href="/genesis/32-18.htm">They</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-7.htm">Time</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-6.htm">True.</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-4.htm">Work</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-4.htm">Works</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-5.htm">World</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-27.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Hebrews 4</div>1. <a href="/hebrews/4-1.htm">The Sabbath-Rest for Christians is attained by faith.</a> 12. <a href="/hebrews/4-12.htm">The power of God's word.</a> 14. <a href="/hebrews/4-14.htm">By our high priest Jesus, the Son of God,</a> 16. <a href="/hebrews/4-16.htm">we may and must go boldly to the throne of grace.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This phrase emphasizes the present reality for believers who have faith in Jesus Christ. The "rest" refers to the spiritual rest and peace found in salvation, echoing the rest God promised to the Israelites in the Promised Land. This rest is a type of the eternal rest believers will experience in heaven. The concept of rest is rooted in the Sabbath rest God instituted at creation (<a href="/genesis/2-2.htm">Genesis 2:2-3</a>) and is fulfilled in Christ, who offers rest for the soul (<a href="/matthew/11-28.htm">Matthew 11:28-30</a>). The present tense "enter" indicates an ongoing process, suggesting that believers begin to experience this rest now, even as they anticipate its fullness in the future.As for the others, it is just as God has said: This phrase introduces a contrast between believers and those who do not enter God's rest due to unbelief. The "others" refers to the Israelites who, despite witnessing God's miracles, failed to trust Him and thus were denied entry into the Promised Land (<a href="/numbers/14-22.htm">Numbers 14:22-23</a>). This serves as a warning to the readers of Hebrews, urging them to remain faithful and not harden their hearts. The author of Hebrews frequently uses Old Testament examples to illustrate spiritual truths, reinforcing the continuity of God's message throughout Scripture.“So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’” This quotation is from <a href="/psalms/95-11.htm">Psalm 95:11</a>, which reflects God's response to the Israelites' rebellion in the wilderness. God's oath underscores the seriousness of unbelief and disobedience. The use of "My rest" indicates that the rest is God's own, a divine gift that He offers to His people. The historical context of this oath is the Israelites' refusal to trust God at Kadesh Barnea, leading to their 40 years of wandering (<a href="/deuteronomy/1-34.htm">Deuteronomy 1:34-35</a>). This serves as a sobering reminder of the consequences of rejecting God's promises.And yet His works have been finished since the foundation of the world. This phrase highlights the completed nature of God's creative work, referencing <a href="/genesis/2-2.htm">Genesis 2:2</a>, where God rested on the seventh day. Theologically, it suggests that God's plan for rest was established from the beginning of creation. This rest is not due to weariness but signifies the completion and perfection of His work. The author of Hebrews uses this to illustrate that God's rest is available and has been part of His divine purpose from the start. It also points to the sufficiency of Christ's redemptive work, which believers enter into by faith, paralleling the finished work of creation.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/b/believers.htm">Believers</a> Those who have faith in Jesus Christ and are promised rest. 2. <a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a> The divine being who offers rest and swore an oath regarding His rest. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a> The people who, due to unbelief, were denied entry into God's rest. 4. <a href="/topical/c/creation.htm">Creation</a> The event referenced as the time when God's works were finished. 5. <a href="/topical/p/promised_rest.htm">Promised Rest</a> The spiritual rest offered to believers, symbolized by the rest God took after creation.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/f/faith_as_the_key_to_rest.htm">Faith as the Key to Rest</a> Belief in Christ is essential to entering God's rest. Just as the Israelites' unbelief barred them from the Promised Land, so too does unbelief prevent us from experiencing spiritual rest. <a href="/topical/u/understanding_god's_rest.htm">Understanding God's Rest</a> God's rest is not merely physical but spiritual, symbolizing peace and fulfillment in Him. It is a rest that believers can experience now and fully in eternity. <a href="/topical/t/the_finished_work_of_god.htm">The Finished Work of God</a> God's works were completed at creation, indicating that His rest is available and has been since the foundation of the world. This underscores the sufficiency and completeness of God's provision. <a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_unbelief.htm">The Danger of Unbelief</a> The warning against unbelief is a call to examine our hearts and ensure that we are living in faith, not just in word but in action and trust. <a href="/topical/l/living_in_the_promise.htm">Living in the Promise</a> As believers, we are called to live in the reality of God's promises, experiencing His rest through faith and obedience.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_hebrews_4.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Hebrews 4</a> <a href="/q/how_can_one_enter_god's_rest.htm">How can one enter God's rest?</a> <a href="/q/what_is_the_sensus_divinitatis.htm">What does 'Faith is the substance of hope' mean?</a> <a href="/q/how_do_believers_enter_god's_rest_amid_turmoil.htm">From Hebrews 4:1–3, how can we reconcile the promise of “entering his rest” when believers throughout history still face turmoil, suffering, and unrest? </a> <a href="/q/how_does_heb._3_11_align_with_god's_love.htm">Hebrews 3:11 alludes to God’s wrath preventing entry into rest; how does this align with a loving God in contrast to other biblical passages emphasizing divine mercy? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/hebrews/4.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(3) For we which have believed.--The emphasis is two-fold, resting both on "believed" and on "we enter." The former looks back to <a href="/hebrews/4-2.htm" title="For to us was the gospel preached, as well as to them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.">Hebrews 4:2</a>, "by faith"--"for it is we who believed that enter." . . . The latter looks forward to the remainder of the verse, the purport of which is that the rest exists, and that "entering into the rest" may still be spoken of.As I have sworn . . .--Rather (as above), as I sware in My wrath, They shall not enter into My rest, (See <a href="/hebrews/3-11.htm" title="So I swore in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)">Hebrews 3:11</a>.) If in the Scripture (<a href="/psalms/95-8.htm" title="Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:">Psalm 95:8</a>) God warns men of a later age not to imitate the guilt of those whom He excluded from His rest, it follows (see below on <a href="/hebrews/4-10.htm" title="For he that is entered into his rest, he also has ceased from his own works, as God did from his.">Hebrews 4:10</a>) that the time for entering into the rest of God was not then past and gone.Although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.--And therefore the rest into which God will enter with His redeemed people is not that which succeeded the works of creation. This caution is added because the words used by the Psalmist (<a href="/psalms/95-11.htm" title="To whom I swore in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.">Psalm 95:11</a>) are derived from <a href="/context/genesis/2-2.htm" title="And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.">Genesis 2:2-3</a>; though the same words are used, yet, we are reminded, the thought is widely different. The next two verses simply expand and support the thought contained in this: "For whereas we read in one Scripture that God 'rested' on the seventh day, another records His sentence on the disobedient people, 'They shall not enter into My rest.'" . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/hebrews/4.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 3. - For we do enter into the rest, we who have believed (οἱ πιστεύσαντες, the historical aorist, pointing to the time when Christians became believers; with a reference also to τῇ πίστει in the preceding verse: but the emphasis is on the first word in the sentence, εἰσερχόμεθα: "For we Christian believers have an entrance into the rest intended") even as he hath said, As I sware in my wrath, If they shall enter into my rest; although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. This seems to be a concise enunciation of the proof, unfolded in the verses that follow, of the true rest being one into which Christians have still an entrance. The idea is that, though God's own rest had been from the beginning, and man had not yet entered it, yet the possibility of his doing so had not ceased to be intimated: it had continued open potentially to man. <a href="/commentaries/hebrews/4-3.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>Now γὰρ (gar) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_1063.htm">Strong's 1063: </a> For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason. [we] who οἱ (hoi) Article - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. have believed πιστεύσαντες (pisteusantes) Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4100.htm">Strong's 4100: </a> From pistis; to have faith, i.e. Credit; by implication, to entrust. enter Εἰσερχόμεθα (Eiserchometha) Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 1st Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1525.htm">Strong's 1525: </a> To go in, come in, enter. From eis and erchomai; to enter. [that] τὴν (tēn) Article - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. rest. κατάπαυσιν (katapausin) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2663.htm">Strong's 2663: </a> From katapauo; reposing down, i.e. abode. [As for the others, ] it is just as καθὼς (kathōs) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_2531.htm">Strong's 2531: </a> According to the manner in which, in the degree that, just as, as. From kata and hos; just as, that. [God] has said: εἴρηκεν (eirēken) Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2046.htm">Strong's 2046: </a> Probably a fuller form of rheo; an alternate for epo in certain tenses; to utter, i.e. Speak or say. “So Ὡς (Hōs) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_5613.htm">Strong's 5613: </a> Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner. I swore on oath ὤμοσα (ōmosa) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3660.htm">Strong's 3660: </a> A prolonged form of a primary, but obsolete omo, for which another prolonged form omoo is used in certain tenses; to swear, i.e. Take oath. in ἐν (en) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. my μου (mou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. anger, ὀργῇ (orgē) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3709.htm">Strong's 3709: </a> From oregomai; properly, desire, i.e., violent passion (justifiable) abhorrence); by implication punishment. ‘They shall never enter εἰσελεύσονται (eiseleusontai) Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1525.htm">Strong's 1525: </a> To go in, come in, enter. From eis and erchomai; to enter. My μου (mou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. rest.’” κατάπαυσίν (katapausin) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2663.htm">Strong's 2663: </a> From katapauo; reposing down, i.e. abode. And yet Καίτοι (Kaitoi) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2543.htm">Strong's 2543: </a> And yet, although, though. From kai and toi; and yet, i.e. Nevertheless. [His] τῶν (tōn) Article - Genitive Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. works ἔργων (ergōn) Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_2041.htm">Strong's 2041: </a> From a primary ergo; toil; by implication, an act. have been finished γενηθέντων (genēthentōn) Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Genitive Neuter Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1096.htm">Strong's 1096: </a> A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude. since ἀπὸ (apo) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_575.htm">Strong's 575: </a> From, away from. A primary particle; 'off, ' i.e. Away, in various senses. [the] foundation καταβολῆς (katabolēs) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2602.htm">Strong's 2602: </a> From kataballo; a deposition, i.e. Founding; figuratively, conception. of [the] world. κόσμου (kosmou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2889.htm">Strong's 2889: </a> Probably from the base of komizo; orderly arrangement, i.e. Decoration; by implication, the world (morally). <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/hebrews/4-3.htm">Hebrews 4:3 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/hebrews/4-3.htm">Hebrews 4:3 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/hebrews/4-3.htm">Hebrews 4:3 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/hebrews/4-3.htm">Hebrews 4:3 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/hebrews/4-3.htm">Hebrews 4:3 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/hebrews/4-3.htm">Hebrews 4:3 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/hebrews/4-3.htm">Hebrews 4:3 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/hebrews/4-3.htm">Hebrews 4:3 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/hebrews/4-3.htm">Hebrews 4:3 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/hebrews/4-3.htm">Hebrews 4:3 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-3.htm">NT Letters: Hebrews 4:3 For we who have believed do enter (Heb. 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