3For 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.
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Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. …
Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-10)Here, I. The apostle declares that our privileges by Christ under the gospel are not only as great, but greater than those enjoyed under the Mosaic law. He specifies this, that we have a promise left us of entering into his rest; that is, of entering into a covenant-relation to Christ, and a state of communion with God through Christ, and of growing up therein, till we are made perfect in glory. W…
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