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For we who have believed do enter into that rest, even as he has said, "As I swore in my wrath, They will not enter into my rest;" although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
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Faith is the Only Way In
Commentators unanimously emphasize that belief is the non-negotiable condition for entering God's rest. The verse contrasts 'we who have believed' with the generation that was barred from rest due to unbelief. This establishes that the promise of rest is accessed not by heritage or works, but exclusively through faith in God's word.
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Hebrews
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For we who have believed do enter into rest. That is, it is a certain fact that believers will enter into rest. That promise is made to "b…
Do enter (εισερχομεθα). Emphatic futuristic present middle indicative of εισερχομα. We are sure to enter in, we who believe.
19th Century
Anglican
For we who have believed.—The emphasis is twofold, resting both on “believed” and on “we enter.” The former looks back to He…
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Baptist
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 we…
“We who have believed” (GK 4409) once more stresses the necessity of faith. It is believers who enter God’s rest, not members of physical Israel, a…
16th Century
Protestant
He now begins to embellish the passage he had quoted from David. He has until now taken it, as they say, according to the letter—that is, in its li…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For we which have believed do enter into rest Not eternal rest; all believers shall enjoy this, and they only; but t…
The privileges we have under the gospel, are greater than any had under the law of Moses, though the same gospel in substance was preached under bo…
13th Century
Catholic
Having cited and explained the authority, the Apostle now argues from it. In this regard, he does two things:
