Good News [1976], GOOD NEWS BIBLE WITH DEUTEROCANONICALS / APOCRYPHA Today's English Version (AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, New York) [word count] [B15000].
To look up a word in a dictionary, select the word with your mouse and press 'd' on your keyboard.
1 Now, God has offered us the
promise that we may receive
that rest he spoke about. Let us take
care, then, that none of you will be
found to have failed to receive that
promised rest.
2 For we have heard
the Good News, just as they did.
They heard the message, but it did
them no good, because when they
heard it, they did not accept it with
faith.
3 We who believe, then, do receive
that rest which God promised.
It is just as he said,
“I was angry and made a solemn promise:
‘They will never enter the land where I would have given them rest!’”
He said this even though his work
had been finished from the time he
created the world. note
4 For somewhere
in the Scriptures this is said about
the seventh day: “God rested on the
seventh day from all his work.” note
5 This same matter is spoken of
again: “They will never enter that
land where I would have given them
rest.” note
6 Those who first heard the
Good News did not receive that rest,
because they did not believe. There
are, then, others who are allowed to
receive it.
7 This is shown by the fact
that God sets another day, which is
called “Today.” Many years later he
spoke of it through David in the
scripture already quoted:
“If you hear God's voice today,
do not be stubborn.” note
8 If Joshua had given the people
the rest that God had promised, God
would not have spoken later about
another day. note
9 As it is, however,
there still remains for God's people a
rest like God's resting on the seventh
day.
10 For whoever receives
that rest which God promised will
rest from his own work, just as God
rested from his. note
11 Let us, then, do
our best to receive that rest, so that
no one of us will fail as they did because
of their lack of faith.
12 The word of God is alive and active,
sharper than any double-edged
sword. It cuts all the way through, to
where soul and spirit meet, to where
joints and marrow come together. It
judges the desires and thoughts of
man's heart.
13 There is nothing that
can be hid from God; everything in
all creation is exposed and lies open
before his eyes. And it is to him that
we must all give an account of ourselves. note
Jesus the Great High Priest
14 Let us, then, hold firmly to the
faith we profess. For we have a great
High Priest who has gone into the
very presence of God—Jesus, the
Son of God.
15 Our High Priest is not
one who cannot feel sympathy for
our weaknesses. On the contrary, we
have a High Priest who was tempted
in every way that we are, but did not
sin.
16 Let us be brave, then, and approach
God's throne, where there is
grace. There we will receive mercy
and find grace to help us just when
we need it.
Good News [1976], GOOD NEWS BIBLE WITH DEUTEROCANONICALS / APOCRYPHA Today's English Version (AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, New York) [word count] [B15000].
|