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1 Corinthians 14

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¹ He was faithful to Him who appointed Him [Apostle and High Priest], as Moses also was faithful in all God's house.

² Yet Jesus has been considered worthy of much greater glory and honor than Moses, just as the builder of a house has more honor than the house.

³ For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God.

⁴ Now Moses was faithful in [the administration of] all God's house, [but only] as a ministering servant, [his ministry serving] as a testimony of the things which were to be spoken afterward [the revelation to come in Christ];

⁵ but Christ is faithful as a Son over His [Father's] house. And we are His house if we hold fast our confidence and sense of triumph in our hope [in Christ].

⁶ Therefore, just as the Holy Spirit says, "Today if you hear His voice,

⁷ Do not harden your hearts as [your fathers did] in the rebellion [of Israel at[3] Meribah], On the day of testing in the wilderness,

⁸ Where your fathers tried Me by testing [My forbearance and tolerance], And saw My works for forty years [And found I stood their test].

⁹ "Therefore I was angered with this generation, And I said, 'They always go astray in their heart, And they did not know My ways [nor become progressively better and more intimately acquainted with them]';

¹⁰ So I swore [an oath] in My wrath, 'They shall not enter My rest [the promised land].'"

¹¹ Take care, brothers and sisters, that there not be in any one of you a wicked, unbelieving[4] heart [which refuses to trust and rely on the Lord, a heart] that turns away from the living God.

¹² But continually encourage one another every day, as long as it is called "Today" [and there is an opportunity], so that none of you will be hardened [into settled rebellion] by the deceitfulness of sin [its cleverness, delusive glamour, and sophistication].

¹³ For we [believers] have become partakers of Christ [sharing in all that the Messiah has for us], if only we hold firm our newborn confidence [which originally led us to Him] until the end,

¹⁴ while it is said, "Today [while there is still opportunity] if you hear His voice, Do not harden your heart, as when they provoked Me [in the rebellion in the desert at Meribah]."

¹⁵ For who were they who heard and yet provoked Him [with rebellious acts]? Was it not all those who came out of Egypt led by Moses?

¹⁶ And with whom was He angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose dead bodies were scattered in the desert?

¹⁷ And to whom did He swear [an oath] that they would not enter His rest, but to those who disobeyed [those who would not listen to His word]?

¹⁸ So we see that they were not able to enter [into His rest—the promised land] because of unbelief and an unwillingness to trust in God.

¹⁹ Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still remains and is freely offered today, let us fear, in case any one of you may seem to come short of reaching it or think he has come too late.

²⁰ For indeed we have had the good news [of salvation] preached to us, just as the Israelites also [when the good news of the promised land came to them]; but the message they heard did not benefit them, because it was not united with faith [in God] by those who heard.

²¹ For we who believe [that is, we who personally trust and confidently rely on God] enter that rest [so we have His inner peace now because we are confident in our salvation, and assured of His power], just as He has said, "As I swore [an oath] in My wrath, They shall not enter My rest," [this He said] although His works were[1] completed from the foundation of the world [waiting for all who would believe].

²² For somewhere [in Scripture] He has said this about the seventh day: "And God rested on the seventh day from all His works";

²³ and again in this, "They shall not enter My rest."

²⁴ Therefore, since the promise remains for some to enter His rest, and those who formerly had the good news preached to them failed to [grasp it and did not] enter because of [their unbelief evidenced by] disobedience,

²⁵ He again sets a definite day, [a new] "Today," [providing another opportunity to enter that rest by] saying through David after so long a time, just as has been said before [in the words already quoted], "Today if you hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts."

²⁶ [This mention of a rest was not a reference to their entering into Canaan.] For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not speak about another day [of opportunity] after that.

²⁷ So there remains a [full and complete] Sabbath rest for the people of God.

²⁸ For the one who has once entered His rest has also rested from [the weariness and pain of] his [human] labors, just as God rested from [those labors uniquely] His own.

²⁹ Let us therefore make every effort to enter that rest [of God, to know and experience it for ourselves], so that no one will fall by following the same example of disobedience [as those who died in the wilderness].

³⁰ For the word of God is living and active and full of power [making it operative, energizing, and effective]. It is sharper than any two-edged[2] sword, penetrating as far as the division of the[3] soul and spirit [the completeness of a person], and of both joints and marrow [the deepest parts of our nature], exposing and judging the very thoughts and intentions of the heart.

³¹ And not a creature exists that is concealed from His sight, but all things are open and exposed, and revealed to the eyes of Him with whom we have to give account.

³² Inasmuch then as we [believers] have a great High Priest who has [already ascended and] passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession [of faith and cling tenaciously to our absolute trust in Him as Savior].

³³ For we do not have a High Priest who is unable to sympathize and understand our weaknesses and temptations, but One who has been tempted [knowing exactly how it feels to be human] in every respect as we are, yet without [committing any] sin.

³⁴ Therefore let us [with privilege] approach the throne of grace [that is, the throne of God's gracious favor] with confidence and without fear, so that we may receive mercy [for our failures] and find [His amazing] grace to help in time of need [an appropriate blessing, coming just at the right moment].

³⁵ For every high priest chosen from among men is appointed [to act] on behalf of men in things relating to God, so that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins.

³⁶ He is able to deal gently with the spiritually ignorant and misguided, since he is also subject to human weakness;

³⁷ and because of this [human weakness] he is required to offer sacrifices for sins, for himself as well as for the people.

³⁸ And besides, one does not appropriate for himself the honor [of being high priest], but he who is called by God, just as Aaron was.

³⁹ So too Christ did not glorify Himself so as to be made a high priest, but He [was exalted and appointed by the One] who said to Him, "You are My Son, Today I have begotten (fathered) You [declared Your authority and rule over the nations]";

⁴⁰ just as He also says in another place, "You are a priest [appointed] forever According to the order of[1]Melchizedek."

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1	He was faithful to Him who appointed Him [Apostle and High Priest], as Moses also was faithful in all God's house.
2	Yet Jesus has been considered worthy of much greater glory and honor than Moses, just as the builder of a house has more honor than the house.
3	For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God.
4	Now Moses was faithful in [the administration of] all God's house, [but only] as a ministering servant, [his ministry serving] as a testimony of the things which were to be spoken afterward [the revelation to come in Christ];
5	but Christ is faithful as a Son over His [Father's] house. And we are His house if we hold fast our confidence and sense of triumph in our hope [in Christ].
6	Therefore, just as the Holy Spirit says, "Today if you hear His voice,
7	Do not harden your hearts as [your fathers did] in the rebellion [of Israel at[3] Meribah], On the day of testing in the wilderness,
8	Where your fathers tried Me by testing [My forbearance and tolerance], And saw My works for forty years [And found I stood their test].
9	"Therefore I was angered with this generation, And I said, 'They always go astray in their heart, And they did not know My ways [nor become progressively better and more intimately acquainted with them]';
10	So I swore [an oath] in My wrath, 'They shall not enter My rest [the promised land].'"
11	Take care, brothers and sisters, that there not be in any one of you a wicked, unbelieving[4] heart [which refuses to trust and rely on the Lord, a heart] that turns away from the living God.
12	But continually encourage one another every day, as long as it is called "Today" [and there is an opportunity], so that none of you will be hardened [into settled rebellion] by the deceitfulness of sin [its cleverness, delusive glamour, and sophistication].
13	For we [believers] have become partakers of Christ [sharing in all that the Messiah has for us], if only we hold firm our newborn confidence [which originally led us to Him] until the end,
14	while it is said, "Today [while there is still opportunity] if you hear His voice, Do not harden your heart, as when they provoked Me [in the rebellion in the desert at Meribah]."
15	For who were they who heard and yet provoked Him [with rebellious acts]? Was it not all those who came out of Egypt led by Moses?
16	And with whom was He angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose dead bodies were scattered in the desert?
17	And to whom did He swear [an oath] that they would not enter His rest, but to those who disobeyed [those who would not listen to His word]?
18	So we see that they were not able to enter [into His rest—the promised land] because of unbelief and an unwillingness to trust in God.
19	Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still remains and is freely offered today, let us fear, in case any one of you may seem to come short of reaching it or think he has come too late.
20	For indeed we have had the good news [of salvation] preached to us, just as the Israelites also [when the good news of the promised land came to them]; but the message they heard did not benefit them, because it was not united with faith [in God] by those who heard.
21	For we who believe [that is, we who personally trust and confidently rely on God] enter that rest [so we have His inner peace now because we are confident in our salvation, and assured of His power], just as He has said, "As I swore [an oath] in My wrath, They shall not enter My rest," [this He said] although His works were[1] completed from the foundation of the world [waiting for all who would believe].
22	For somewhere [in Scripture] He has said this about the seventh day: "And God rested on the seventh day from all His works";
23	and again in this, "They shall not enter My rest."
24	Therefore, since the promise remains for some to enter His rest, and those who formerly had the good news preached to them failed to [grasp it and did not] enter because of [their unbelief evidenced by] disobedience,
25	He again sets a definite day, [a new] "Today," [providing another opportunity to enter that rest by] saying through David after so long a time, just as has been said before [in the words already quoted], "Today if you hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts."
26	[This mention of a rest was not a reference to their entering into Canaan.] For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not speak about another day [of opportunity] after that.
27	So there remains a [full and complete] Sabbath rest for the people of God.
28	For the one who has once entered His rest has also rested from [the weariness and pain of] his [human] labors, just as God rested from [those labors uniquely] His own.
29	Let us therefore make every effort to enter that rest [of God, to know and experience it for ourselves], so that no one will fall by following the same example of disobedience [as those who died in the wilderness].
30	For the word of God is living and active and full of power [making it operative, energizing, and effective]. It is sharper than any two-edged[2] sword, penetrating as far as the division of the[3] soul and spirit [the completeness of a person], and of both joints and marrow [the deepest parts of our nature], exposing and judging the very thoughts and intentions of the heart.
31	And not a creature exists that is concealed from His sight, but all things are open and exposed, and revealed to the eyes of Him with whom we have to give account.
32	Inasmuch then as we [believers] have a great High Priest who has [already ascended and] passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession [of faith and cling tenaciously to our absolute trust in Him as Savior].
33	For we do not have a High Priest who is unable to sympathize and understand our weaknesses and temptations, but One who has been tempted [knowing exactly how it feels to be human] in every respect as we are, yet without [committing any] sin.
34	Therefore let us [with privilege] approach the throne of grace [that is, the throne of God's gracious favor] with confidence and without fear, so that we may receive mercy [for our failures] and find [His amazing] grace to help in time of need [an appropriate blessing, coming just at the right moment].
35	For every high priest chosen from among men is appointed [to act] on behalf of men in things relating to God, so that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins.
36	He is able to deal gently with the spiritually ignorant and misguided, since he is also subject to human weakness;
37	and because of this [human weakness] he is required to offer sacrifices for sins, for himself as well as for the people.
38	And besides, one does not appropriate for himself the honor [of being high priest], but he who is called by God, just as Aaron was.
39	So too Christ did not glorify Himself so as to be made a high priest, but He [was exalted and appointed by the One] who said to Him, "You are My Son, Today I have begotten (fathered) You [declared Your authority and rule over the nations]";
40	just as He also says in another place, "You are a priest [appointed] forever According to the order of[1]Melchizedek."

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