Hebrews 4:5 (DBY)

Passage

and in this again, If they shall enter into my rest.

Nearby Context

Hebrews 4:3 For we enter into the rest who have believed; as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, If they shall enter into my rest; although the works had been completed from [the] foundation of [the] world.

Hebrews 4:4 For he has said somewhere of the seventh [day] thus, And God rested on the seventh day from all his works:

Hebrews 4:5 and in this again, If they shall enter into my rest.

Hebrews 4:6 Seeing therefore it remains that some enter into it, and those who first received the glad tidings did not enter in on account of not hearkening to the word,

Hebrews 4:7 again he determines a certain day, saying, in David, 'To-day,' after so long a time; (according as it has been said before), To-day, if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "again", "shall", "enter", and "rest". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "again" and "shall", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "For he has said somewhere of the..." into verse 6's "Seeing therefore it remains that some enter...", so "again" and "shall" belong inside that flow. In Hebrews context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "again" and "shall" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.