Hebrews

¹Let us beware, then! Since the promise remains, let us be careful that none of you be found to have fallen short of it. ²For we also had the Good News preached to us, just as they did, but they gained nothing from the word they heard because those who heard did not combine it with faith. ³However, we who have faith are entering into that rest, even as God²¹⁵² said:

As I swore in my wrath, they will not enter into my rest.²¹⁵³

And yet, the works were finished from the foundation of the world. ⁴Somewhere [else], he said this about the seventh day:

God rested on the seventh day from all his works.²¹⁵⁴

⁵And again:

They will not enter into my rest.²¹⁵⁵

⁶It remains the case, then, that there would be some people who would enter that rest, and those to whom the Good News was preached before failed to enter [it] because of [their] disobedience. ⁷God²¹⁵⁶ has thus defined a certain day, “today,” saying through David much later, in the words already quoted:

Today if you will hear his voice,

do not harden your hearts.²¹⁵⁷

⁸If Joshua²¹⁵⁸ had given them rest, God²¹⁵⁹ would not have afterward spoken of another day. ⁹There must still be, then, a Sabbath rest for God’s people, ¹⁰and anyone who has entered into his rest has also rested from his [own] works, just as God did. ¹¹Therefore, let us do our utmost to enter into that rest, for fear that anyone should fall according to the same pattern of disobedience. ¹²Indeed, the word²¹⁶⁰ of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of joints and marrow, and it is able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart. ¹³No creature is hidden from God’s sight, but all things are naked and open before the eyes of the one to whom we must give an account.

A compassionate great high priest, tempted yet without sin

¹⁴Since we have such a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold on firmly to our confession. ¹⁵Certainly, we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our infirmities, but one who has been taught by trial²¹⁶¹ in all things just as we are, yet without sin. ¹⁶Therefore, let us approach the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace for assistance in time of need.

A high priest after the order of Melchizedek

2152. Greek “he”
2153. Psalm 95:11/94 LXX
2154. Genesis 2:2
2155. Psalm 95:11/94 LXX
2156. Greek “He”
2157. Psalm 95:7-8/94 LXX
2158. Greek VIhsou/j (“Jesus”)
2159. Greek “he”
2160. Or “Word.” Many of the Greek fathers saw this as a reference to the second Person of the Trinity, including Athanasius (On the Incarnation, Against the Arians), Chrysostom (Homilies on Hebrews), Cyril of Alexandria (Commentary on Luke), and others.
2161. Some manuscripts read “tempted” instead of “taught by trial”