Hebrews 4:1

God’s Promised Rest

4:1 Therefore we must be wary ¹  that, while the promise of entering his rest remains open, none of you may seem to have come short of it.

Hebrews 6:8

6:8 But if it produces thorns and thistles, it is useless and about to be cursed; ²  its fate is to be burned.

Hebrews 9:23

9:23 So it was necessary for the sketches ³  of the things in heaven to be purified with these sacrifices, ⁴  but the heavenly things themselves required ⁵  better sacrifices than these.

¹ tn Grk “let us fear.”

² tn Grk “near to a curse.”

³ tn Or “prototypes,” “outlines,” referring to the earthly sanctuary. See Heb 8:5 above for the prior use of this term.

⁴ tn Grk “with these”; in the translation the referent (sacrifices) has been specified for clarity.

⁵ tn Grk “the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.”