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Hebrews 4

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1 Let’s fear therefore, lest perhaps anyone of you should seem to have come short of a promise of entering into his rest.

2 For indeed we have had good news preached to us, even as they also did, but the word they heard didn’t profit them, because it wasn’t mixed with faith by those who heard.

3 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. CCC

4 For he has said this somewhere about the seventh day, “God rested on the seventh day from all his works;” CCC

5 and in this place again, “They will not enter into my rest.”

6 Seeing therefore it remains that some should enter into it, and they to whom the good news was preached before failed to enter in because of disobedience,

7 he again defines a certain day, “today”, saying through David so long a time afterward (just as has been said), “Today if you will hear his voice, don’t harden your hearts.” CCC

8 For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have spoken afterward of another day. CCC

9 There remains therefore a Sabbath rest for the people of God. CCC

10 For he who has entered into his rest has himself also rested from his works, as God did from his. CCC

11 Let’s therefore give diligence to enter into that rest, lest anyone fall after the same example of disobedience. CCC

12 For the word of God is living and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

13 There is no creature that is hidden from his sight, but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him to whom we must give an account. CCC

14 Having then a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let’s hold tightly to our confession. CCC

15 For we don’t have a high priest who can’t be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but one who has been in all points tempted like we are, yet without sin. CCC

16 Let’s therefore draw near with boldness to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and may find grace for help in time of need. CCC

This chapter in the Catechism

Where the Catechism of the Catholic Church cites these verses (from its footnotes on vatican.va). Short quotes only; follow the links for the full text.

  1. Read the Catechism
    • CCC 346 “In creation God laid a foundation and established laws that remain firm, on which the believer can rely with confidence, for they…”
  2. Read the Catechism
    • CCC 346 “In creation God laid a foundation and established laws that remain firm, on which the believer can rely with confidence, for they…”
  3. Read the Catechism
    • CCC 624 “By the grace of God" Jesus tasted death "for every one". In his plan of salvation, God ordained that his Son should…”
    • CCC 1720 “The New Testament uses several expressions to characterize the beatitude to which God calls man: - the coming of the Kingdom of…”
  4. Read the Catechism
    • CCC 624 “By the grace of God" Jesus tasted death "for every one". In his plan of salvation, God ordained that his Son should…”
    • CCC 1720 “The New Testament uses several expressions to characterize the beatitude to which God calls man: - the coming of the Kingdom of…”
  5. Read the Catechism
    • CCC 624 “By the grace of God" Jesus tasted death "for every one". In his plan of salvation, God ordained that his Son should…”
    • CCC 1720 “The New Testament uses several expressions to characterize the beatitude to which God calls man: - the coming of the Kingdom of…”
  6. Read the Catechism
    • CCC 1720 “The New Testament uses several expressions to characterize the beatitude to which God calls man: - the coming of the Kingdom of…”
  7. Read the Catechism
    • CCC 1720 “The New Testament uses several expressions to characterize the beatitude to which God calls man: - the coming of the Kingdom of…”
    • CCC 2817 “This petition is "Marana tha," the cry of the Spirit and the Bride: "Come, Lord Jesus." Even if it had not been…”
  8. Read the Catechism
    • CCC 302 “Creation has its own goodness and proper perfection, but it did not spring forth complete from the hands of the Creator. the…”
  9. Read the Catechism
    • CCC 1137 “The book of Revelation of St. John, read in the Church's liturgy, first reveals to us, "A throne stood in heaven, with…”
  10. Read the Catechism
    • CCC 467 “The Monophysites affirmed that the human nature had ceased to exist as such in Christ when the divine person of God's Son…”
    • CCC 540 “Jesus' temptation reveals the way in which the Son of God is Messiah, contrary to the way Satan proposes to him and…”
    • CCC 609 “By embracing in his human heart the Father's love for men, Jesus "loved them to the end", for "greater love has no…”
    • CCC 612 “The cup of the New Covenant, which Jesus anticipated when he offered himself at the Last Supper, is afterwards accepted by him…”
    • CCC 1137 “The book of Revelation of St. John, read in the Church's liturgy, first reveals to us, "A throne stood in heaven, with…”
    • CCC 2602 “Jesus often draws apart to pray in solitude, on a mountain, preferably at night. He includes all men in his prayer, for…”
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    • CCC 2778 “This power of the Spirit who introduces us to the Lord's Prayer is expressed in the liturgies of East and of West…”