Hebrews 4:2 (YLT)

Passage

for we also are having good news proclaimed, even as they, but the word heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard,

Nearby Context

Hebrews 4:1 We may fear, then, lest a promise being left of entering into His rest, any one of you may seem to have come short,

Hebrews 4:2 for we also are having good news proclaimed, even as they, but the word heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard,

Hebrews 4:3 for we do enter into the rest--we who did believe, as He said, `So I sware in My anger, If they shall enter into My rest--;' and yet the works were done from the foundation of the world,

Hebrews 4:4 for He spake in a certain place concerning the seventh <FI>day<Fi> thus: `And God did rest in the seventh day from all His works;'

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 1's "We may fear then lest a promise..." into verse 3's "for we do enter into the rest--we...", so "faith" and "having" 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 "having" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.