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For indeed the good news came to us just as to them; but the message they heard did not benefit them, because they were not united by faith with those who listened.[a] For we who have believed enter that rest, just as God[b] 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. For in one place it speaks about the seventh day as follows, “And God rested on the seventh day from all his works.”

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 4:2 Other ancient authorities read it did not meet with faith in those who listened
  2. Hebrews 4:3 Gk he

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