For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.
Parallel translations
- WEB For he who has entered into his rest has himself also rested from his works, as God did from his.
- BSB For whoever enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from His.
- NKJV For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His.
- NASB For the one who has entered His rest has himself also rested from his works, as God did from His.
- NLT For all who have entered into God’s rest have rested from their labors, just as God did after creating the world.
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Whoever enters God's rest also rests from his own works, as God did from His. Entering this rest means ceasing from self-reliant labor.
Overview
The one who enters God's rest 'rested from his works,' mirroring God's rest after creation. This is often understood as resting from striving to earn salvation by works and trusting instead in God's finished provision. It echoes the gospel pattern of finding rest in what God has accomplished rather than in human effort.
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- Rev 14:13And 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.
- Heb 4:3–4For 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 Pet 4:1–2Forasmuch 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 19:30When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
- Heb 10:12But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;
- Heb 1:3Who 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;
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