Hebrews 4:2

Hebrews 4:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.
• New International Version (NIV)For we also have had the good news proclaimed to us, just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, because they did not share the faith of those who obeyed.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to them; but the word which they heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard it.
• New Living Translation (NLT)For this good news—that God has prepared this rest—has been announced to us just as it was to them. But it did them no good because they didn’t share the faith of those who listened to God.

Context of Hebrews 4:2

1Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us fear lest any of you should seem to have failed to reach it. For good news came to us just as to them, but the message they heard did not benefit them, because they were not united by faith with those who listened. 3For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said, "As I swore in my wrath, 'They shall not enter my rest,'" although his works were finished from the foundation of the world. 4For he has somewhere spoken of the seventh day in this way: "And God rested on the seventh day from all his works."

Hebrews 4:2 word by word

καὶ γάρ ἐσμεν εὐηγγελισμένοι καθάπερ κἀκεῖνοι· ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ ὠφέλησεν ὁ λόγος τῆς ἀκοῆς ἐκείνους μὴ συγκεκερασμένους τῇ πίστει τοῖς ἀκούσασιν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• ·καίkai · andG2532
• untoεὐαγγελίζομαιeuaggelizō · to speak good newsG2097
• us wasεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• as well asκαθάπερkathaper · just asG2509
• unto themκἀκεῖνοςkakeinos · and that oneG2548
• butἀλλάalla · butG235
• the wordὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the wordλόγοςlogos · wordG3056
• preachedἀκοήakoē · hearingG189
• didὠφελέωōpheleō · to helpG5623
• notοὐou · noG3756
• themἐκεῖνοςekeinos · thatG1565
• notμήmē · notG3361
• being mixed withσυγκεράννυμιsugkerannumi · to uniteG4786
• faithπίστιςpistis · faithG4102
• in them that heardἀκούωakouō · to hearG191

Cross-references for Hebrews 4:2

• Acts 3:26God, having raised up his servant, sent him to you first, to bless you by turning every one of you from your wickedness."
• Acts 13:46And Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, saying, "It was necessary that the word of God be spoken first to you. Since you thrust it aside and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we are turning to the Gentiles.
• Galatians 3:8And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, "In you shall all the nations be blessed."
• Galatians 4:13You know it was because of a bodily ailment that I preached the gospel to you at first,
• 1 Peter 1:12It was revealed to them that they were serving not themselves but you, in the things that have now been announced to you through those who preached the good news to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, things into which angels long to look.
• Romans 10:16But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, "Lord, who has believed what he has heard from us?"
• Romans 2:25For circumcision indeed is of value if you obey the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision becomes uncircumcision.
• 1 Corinthians 13:3If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing.
• 1 Timothy 4:8for while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.
• Hebrews 4:6Since therefore it remains for some to enter it, and those who formerly received the good news failed to enter because of disobedience,
• Hebrews 3:12Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God.
• Hebrews 11:6And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
• 1 Thessalonians 1:5because our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction. You know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake.
• 1 Thessalonians 2:13And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:12in order that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
• James 1:21Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

Commentaries on Hebrews 4:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2For unto us was the Gospel preached - · For we also have received good tidings as well as they. They had a gracious promise of entering into an earthly rest; we have a gracious promise of entering into a heavenly rest. God gave them every requisite advantage; he has done the same to us. Moses and the elders spoke the word of God plainly and forcibly to them: Christ and his apostles have done the same to us. They might have persevered; so may we: they…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2For unto us was the gospel preached as well as unto them - This translation by no means conveys the sense of the original. According to this it would seem that the “gospel,” as we understand it, or the whole plan of salvation, was communicated to “them,” as well as to “us.” But this is by no means the idea. The discussion has reference only to “the promise of rest,” and the assertion of the apostle is that this “good news” of a promise of rest is made to…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2This good news is the message of salvation (Hebrews 2:3–4). They lacked the faith of those who listened to God. Some manuscripts say they didn’t combine what they heard with faith. In both cases, the listeners had weak faith and did not trust God's promise.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. gospel preached ... unto them--in type: the earthly Canaan, wherein they failed to realize perfect rest, suggesting to them that they should look beyond to the heavenly land of rest, to which faith is the avenue, and from which unbelief excludes, as it did from the earthly Canaan. the word preached--literally, "the word of hearing": the word heard by them. not being mixed with faith in them that heard--So the Syriac and the Old Latin Versions, older…Read the comment

Topics related to Hebrews 4:2

• Faith
• Gospel
• Procrastination
• Regeneration
• Rest
• Salvation
• Unbelief
• Word of God

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Commentaries on Hebrews 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings