Hebrews 4 Free Bible Version
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1 Therefore let's take care to make sure that even though God has given us his promise of entering his rest, none of you miss out!
1 TEMAMOS, pues, que quedando aún la promesa de entrar en su reposo, parezca alguno de vosotros haberse apartado.
2 For we've heard the good news just like they did, but it didn't help them because they didn't accept and trust in what they heard.
2 Porque también á nosotros se nos ha evangelizado como á ellos; mas no les aprovechó el oir la palabra á los que [la] oyeron sin mezclar fe.
3 However, those of us who trust in God have entered into that rest God mentioned when he said, “In my frustration I vowed, ‘They shall not enter my rest.’” (This is so even though God's plans were already complete when he created the world.)
3 Empero entramos en el reposo los que hemos creído, de la manera que dijo: Como juré en mi ira, no entrarán en mi reposo: aun acabadas las obras desde el principio del mundo.
4 Regarding the seventh day there's a place in Scripture that says, “God rested on the seventh day from all his work.”
4 Porque en un cierto lugar dijo así del séptimo día: Y reposó Dios de todas sus obras en el séptimo día.
5 And as the previous passage stated, “They shall not enter my rest.”
5 Y otra vez aquí: No entrarán en mi reposo.
6 God's rest is still there for some to enter, even though those who previously heard the good news failed to enter because of disobedience.
6 Así que, pues que resta que algunos han de entrar en él, y aquellos á quienes primero fué anunciado no entraron por causa de desobediencia,
7 So God again sets a day—today—saying a long time later through David as he did before, “If you hear what God is saying to you today, don't have a hard-hearted attitude.”
7 Determina otra vez un cierto día, diciendo por David: Hoy, después de tanto tiempo; como está dicho: Si oyereis su voz hoy, no endurezcáis vuestros corazones.
8 For if Joshua had been able to give them rest, God wouldn't have spoken later about another day.
8 Porque si Josué les hubiera dado el reposo, no hablaría después de otro día.
9 So a Sabbath rest remains for God's people.
9 Por tanto, queda un reposo para el pueblo de Dios.
10 For whoever enters God's rest also rests from what he's doing, just as God did.
10 Porque el que ha entrado en su reposo, también él ha reposado de sus obras, como Dios de las suyas.
11 As a result we should try hard to enter that rest so nobody falls through following the same bad example of disobedience.
11 Procuremos pues de entrar en aquel reposo; que ninguno caiga en semejante ejemplo de desobediencia.
12 For God's word is alive and effective, sharper than any twin-edged sword, so penetrating it separates life and breath, bone joints and their marrow, judging the thoughts and intentions of the mind.
12 Porque la palabra de Dios [es] viva y eficaz, y más penetrante que toda espada de dos filos: y que alcanza hasta partir el alma, y aun el espíritu, y las coyunturas y tuétanos, y discierne los pensamientos y las intenciones del corazón.
13 No living being is hidden from his sight; everything is exposed and visible to the one we're accountable to.
13 Y no hay cosa criada que no sea manifiesta en su presencia; antes todas las cosas están desnudas y abiertas á los ojos de aquel á quien tenemos que dar cuenta.
14 Since we have such a great high priest who has ascended to heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us make sure we hold on to what we say we believe.
14 Por tanto, teniendo un gran Pontífice, que penetró los cielos, Jesús el Hijo de Dios, retengamos nuestra profesión.
15 For the high priest we have isn't one who doesn't sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who was tempted in all the ways we are, but did not sin.
15 Porque no tenemos un Pontífice que no se pueda compadecer de nuestras flaquezas; mas tentado en todo según [nuestra] semejanza, [pero] sin pecado.
16 So we should go confidently to God on his throne of grace so we can receive mercy, and discover grace to help us when we really need it.
16 Lleguémonos pues confiadamente al trono de la gracia, para alcanzar misericordia, y hallar gracia para el oportuno socorro.
Cross references (16)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Hebrews 12:15; Proverbs 28:14; 1 Corinthians 9:26–27; Hebrews 4:9; Hebrews 4:11
- 2 1 Thessalonians 2:13; Romans 10:16–17; Hebrews 11:6; Hebrews 3:18–19; 1 Timothy 4:8
- 3 Psalm 95:11; Matthew 11:28–29; 1 Peter 1:20; Ephesians 1:4; Genesis 1:31
- 4 Exodus 20:11; Genesis 2:1–2; Exodus 31:17
- 5 Psalm 95:11; Hebrews 3:11; Hebrews 4:3
- 6 Matthew 21:43; Hebrews 3:18–19; Matthew 22:9–10; Acts 28:28; Acts 13:46–47
- 7 Psalm 95:7; Hebrews 3:7–8; Hebrews 3:15; Matthew 22:43
- 8 Joshua 1:15; Joshua 22:4; Deuteronomy 12:9; Hebrews 11:13–15; Joshua 23:1
- 9 1 Peter 2:10; Revelation 21:4; Revelation 7:14–17; Isaiah 11:10; Hebrews 3:11
- 10 Revelation 14:13; Hebrews 4:3–4; 1 Peter 4:1–2; John 19:30; Hebrews 10:12
- 11 Matthew 11:28–30; Luke 13:24; Hebrews 3:18–4:1; Ephesians 5:6; Hebrews 6:11
- 12 Jeremiah 23:29; Isaiah 55:11; Ephesians 6:17; Psalm 119:130; 1 Peter 1:23
- 13 1 Corinthians 4:5; Psalm 33:13–15; Proverbs 15:3; Ecclesiastes 12:14; 2 Corinthians 5:10
- 14 Hebrews 9:24; Hebrews 9:12; Hebrews 10:23; Hebrews 12:2; Hebrews 6:20
- 15 Hebrews 2:17–18; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Isaiah 53:4–5; 1 John 3:5; 1 Peter 2:22
- 16 Ephesians 3:12; Hebrews 7:25; Hebrews 10:19–23; Hebrews 13:6; Philippians 4:6–7
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
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