Hebrews 4:10

4:10 For the one who enters God’s ¹  rest has also rested from his works, just as God did from his own works.

Hebrews 5:4

5:4 And no one assumes this honor ²  on his own initiative, ³  but only when called to it by God, ⁴  as in fact Aaron was.

Hebrews 10:25

10:25 not abandoning our own meetings, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging each other, and even more so because you see the day ⁵  drawing near. ⁶ 

Hebrews 12:16

12:16 And see to it that no one becomes ⁷  an immoral or godless person like Esau, who sold his own birthright for a single meal. ⁸ 

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¹ tn Grk “his”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² sn Honor refers here to the honor of the high priesthood.

³ tn Grk “by himself, on his own.”

⁴ tn Grk “being called by God.”

⁵ sn The day refers to that well-known time of Christ’s coming and judgment in the future; see a similar use of “day” in 1 Cor 3:13.

⁶ tn This paragraph (vv. 19-25) is actually a single, skillfully composed sentence in Greek, but it must be broken into shorter segments for English idiom. It begins with several subordinate phrases (since we have confidence and a great priest), has three parallel exhortations as its main verbs (let us draw near, hold, and take thought), and concludes with several subordinate phrases related to the final exhortation (not abandoning but encouraging).

⁷ tn Grk “that there not be any,” continuing from v. 15.

⁸ sn An allusion to Gen 27:34-41.