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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 were finished from the foundation of the world. |
For we who have believed do enter that rest, as He has said: “So I swore in My wrath, ‘They shall not enter My rest,’” although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. |
For we who have believed enter that rest, just as He has said, “ |
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Now we who have believed enter that rest, just as God has said, “So I declared on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’ And yet His work has been finished since the creation of the world. |
For we who have believed (adhered to and trusted in and relied on God) do enter that rest, in accordance with His declaration that those [who did not believe] should not enter when He said, As I swore in My wrath, They shall not enter My rest; and this He said although [His] works had been completed and prepared [and waiting for all who would believe] from the foundation of the world. |
For we enter into this rest, we who believed, as He has said, As I swore in My anger, They shall certainly not enter into My rest, although the works from the foundation of the universe had come into being. |
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It is only as a result of our faith and trust that we experience that rest. For He said: As I sware in My wrath, They shall not enter into My rest: not because the rest was not prepared – it had been ready since the work of creation was completed, |
For we who have believed are being admitted to that rest, just as He has said: “As in My anger I took oath, They shall not be admitted to My rest,” although God’s works had been completed at the creation of the world. |
For 1063 we which have believed 4100 do enter 1525 into 1519 rest, 2663 as 2531 He said, 2046 As 5613 I have sworn 3660 in 1722 My 3450 wrath, 3709 if 1487 they shall enter 1525 into 1519 My 3450 rest: 2663 although 2542 the 3588 works 2041 were finished 1096 from 575 the foundation 2602 of the world. 2889 |
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