Hebrews 4:1
ContextGod’s Promised Rest
4:1 Therefore we must be wary 1 that, while the promise of entering his rest remains open, none of you may seem to have come short of it.
Hebrews 4:11
Context4:11 Thus we must make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.
Hebrews 4:13
Context4:13 And no creature is hidden from God, 2 but everything is naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must render an account.
Hebrews 6:1
Context6:1 Therefore we must progress beyond 3 the elementary 4 instructions about Christ 5 and move on 6 to maturity, not laying this foundation again: repentance from dead works and faith in God,
Hebrews 11:6
Context11:6 Now without faith it is impossible to please him, for the one who approaches God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
Hebrews 13:4
Context13:4 Marriage must be honored among all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge sexually immoral people and adulterers.
1 tn Grk “let us fear.”
2 tn Grk “him”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
3 tn Grk “Therefore leaving behind.” The implication is not of abandoning this elementary information, but of building on it.
4 tn Or “basic.”
5 tn Grk “the message of the beginning of Christ.”
6 tn Grk “leaving behind…let us move on.”