"For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God {did} from his." — Hebrews 4:10

Hebrews 4:10 · KJV

“For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God {did} from his.”

— Hebrews 4:10

There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. {rest: or, keeping of a sabbath}

Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief. {unbelief: or, disobedience}

Hebrews 4 — Context

For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day. {Jesus: that is, Joshua}

There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. {rest: or, keeping of a sabbath}

For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God {did} from his.

Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief. {unbelief: or, disobedience}

For the word of God {is} quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and {is} a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

Cross References

Revelation 14:13

And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed {are} the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them. {from henceforth...: or, from henceforth saith the Spirit, Yea}

Hebrews 4:3-4

For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.

1 Peter 4:1-2

Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;

John 19:30

When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.

Hebrews 10:12

But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;

Hebrews 1:3

Who being the brightness of {his} glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;