Hebrews 4:2 (WEB)

Passage

For indeed we have had good news preached to us, even as they also did, but the word they heard didn’t profit them, because it wasn’t mixed with faith by those who heard.

Nearby Context

Hebrews 4:1 Let us fear therefore, lest perhaps anyone of you should seem to have come short of a promise of entering into his rest.

Hebrews 4:2 For indeed we have had good news preached to us, even as they also did, but the word they heard didn’t profit them, because it wasn’t mixed with faith by those who heard.

Hebrews 4:3 For we who have believed do enter into that rest, even as he has said, “As I swore in my wrath, they will not enter into my rest”;Psalm 95:11 although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.

Hebrews 4:4 For he has said this somewhere about the seventh day, “God rested on the seventh day from all his works”;Genesis 2:2

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "faith", "indeed", "good", "news", "preached", "even", "word", and "heard". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "faith" and "indeed", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 1's "Let us fear therefore lest perhaps anyone..." into verse 3's "For we who have believed do enter...", so "faith" and "indeed" 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 "faith" and "indeed" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.