Hebrews 4:2

Geneva Bible (1560)

For vnto vs was the Gospel preached as also vnto them: but the worde that they heard, profited not them, because it was not mixed with faith in those that heard it.

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  • 1 Thess 2:13 : 13 For this cause also thanke we God without ceasing, that when ye receiued the worde of God, which ye heard of vs, ye receiued it not as the worde of men, but as it is in deede the worde of God, which also worketh in you that beleeue.
  • 1 Tim 4:8 : 8 For bodily exercise profiteth litle: but godlinesse is profitable vnto all things, which hath the promes of the life present, and of that that is to come.
  • Heb 4:6 : 6 Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter thereinto, & they to whom it was first preached, entred not therein for vnbeliefes sake:
  • Heb 11:6 : 6 But without faith it is vnpossible to please him: for he that commeth to God, must beleeue that God is, and that he is a rewarder of them that seeke him.
  • Jas 1:21 : 21 Wherefore lay apart all filthinesse, and superfluitie of maliciousnesse, and receiue with meekenes the word that is graffed in you, which is able to saue your soules.
  • 1 Pet 1:12 : 12 Vnto whome it was reueiled, that not vnto themselues, but vnto vs they shoulde minister the things, which are nowe shewed vnto you by them which haue preached vnto you the Gospell by the holy Ghost sent downe from heauen, the which things the Angels desire to beholde.
  • Heb 3:12 : 12 Take heede, brethren, least at any time there be in any of you an euill heart, and vnfaithfull, to depart away from the liuing God.
  • Heb 3:18-19 : 18 And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but vnto them that obeyed not? 19 So we see that they could not enter in, because of vnbeliefe.
  • 2 Thess 2:12-13 : 12 That all they might be damned which beleeued not the trueth, but had pleasure in vnrighteousnes. 13 But we ought to giue thankes alway to God for you, brethren beloued of the Lord, because that God hath from the beginning chosen you to saluation, through sanctification of the Spirit, and the faith of trueth,
  • Acts 3:26 : 26 First vnto you hath God raysed vp his Sonne Iesus, and him hee hath sent to blesse you, in turning euery one of you from your iniquities.
  • Acts 13:46 : 46 Then Paul and Barnabas spake boldly, and sayde, It was necessarie that the woorde of God shoulde first haue beene spoken vnto you: but seeing yee put it from you, and iudge your selues vnworthie of euerlasting life, loe, we turne to the Gentiles.
  • Rom 2:25 : 25 For circucision verely is profitable, if thou do the Lawe: but if thou be a transgressour of the Lawe, thy circumcision is made vncircumcision.
  • Rom 10:16-17 : 16 But they haue not all obeyed ye Gospel: for Esaias saith, Lord, who hath beleeued our report? 17 Then faith is by hearing, and hearing by the worde of God.
  • 1 Cor 13:3 : 3 And though I feede the poore with all my goods, and though I giue my body, that I be burned, and haue not loue, it profiteth me nothing.
  • Gal 3:8 : 8 For the Scripture foreseeing, that God would iustifie the Gentiles through faith, preached before the Gospel vnto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all the Gentiles be blessed.
  • Gal 4:13 : 13 And ye know, how through infirmitie of the flesh, I preached ye Gospel vnto you at the first.
  • 1 Thess 1:5 : 5 For our Gospell was not vnto you in worde only, but also in power, and in the holy Ghost, and in much assurance, as ye know after what maner we were among you for your sakes.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Heb 4:5-6
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    5And in this place againe, If they shall enter into my rest.

    6Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter thereinto, & they to whom it was first preached, entred not therein for vnbeliefes sake:

  • Heb 4:1
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    1Let vs feare therefore, least at any time by forsaking the promes of entring into his rest, any of you should seeme to be depriued.

  • Rom 10:16-18
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    16But they haue not all obeyed ye Gospel: for Esaias saith, Lord, who hath beleeued our report?

    17Then faith is by hearing, and hearing by the worde of God.

    18But I demaund, Haue they not heard? No doubt their sound went out through all the earth, and their wordes into the endes of the worlde.

  • Heb 4:3
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    3For we which haue beleeued, doe enter into rest, as he said to the other, As I haue sworne in my wrath, If they shall enter into my rest: although the workes were finished from the foundation of the world.

  • Heb 11:39-40
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    73%

    39And these all through faith obteined good report, and receiued not the promes,

    40God prouiding a better thing for vs, that they without vs should not be made perfite.

  • Heb 3:18-19
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    18And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but vnto them that obeyed not?

    19So we see that they could not enter in, because of vnbeliefe.

  • Heb 2:1-3
    3 verses
    72%

    1Wherefore wee ought diligently to giue heede to the thinges which wee haue heard, lest at any time we runne out.

    2For if the worde spoken by Angels was stedfast, and euery transgression, and disobedience receiued a iust recompence of reward,

    3How shall we escape, if we neglect so great saluation, which at the first began to be preached by the Lorde, and afterward was confirmed vnto vs by them that heard him,

  • Heb 4:10-11
    2 verses
    72%

    10For he that is entred into his rest, hath also ceased from his owne works, as God did from his.

    11Let vs studie therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same ensample of disobedience.

  • Rom 10:14
    72%

    14But how shall they call on him, in whome they haue not beleeued? and how shall they beleeue in him, of whom they haue not heard? and howe shall they heare without a preacher?

  • Rom 15:21
    71%

    21But as it is written, To whome hee was not spoken of, they shall see him, and they that heard not, shall vnderstand him.

  • Heb 11:2
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    2For by it our elders were wel reported of.

  • Rom 3:3
    70%

    3For what, though some did not beleeue? Shall their vnbeliefe make the faith of God without effect?

  • Jas 2:14
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    14What auaileth it, my brethren, though a man saith he hath faith, when he hath no workes? can that faith saue him?

  • 1 Pet 4:6
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    6For vnto this purpose was the Gospell preached also vnto the dead, that they might bee condemned, according to men in the flesh, but might liue according to God in the spirit.

  • 1 Thess 2:4
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    4But as we were allowed of God, that the Gospel should be committed vnto vs, so we speake, not as they that please men, but God, which approoueth our hearts.

  • Rom 9:30
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    30What shall we say then? That the Gentiles which folowed not righteousnes, haue attained vnto righteousnes, euen the righteousnes which is of faith.

  • 1 Thess 1:5
    69%

    5For our Gospell was not vnto you in worde only, but also in power, and in the holy Ghost, and in much assurance, as ye know after what maner we were among you for your sakes.

  • 2 Tim 2:14
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    14Of these things put them in remembrance, and protest before the Lord, that they striue not about wordes, which is to no profit, but to the peruerting of the hearers.

  • Rom 10:8
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    8But what sayth it? The worde is neere thee, euen in thy mouth, and in thine heart. This is the worde of faith which we preach.

  • Jas 2:17
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    17Euen so the faith, if it haue no woorkes, is dead in it selfe.

  • Rom 4:14
    68%

    14For if they which are of the Lawe, be heires, faith is made voide, & the promise is made of none effect.

  • Mark 4:17
    68%

    17Yet haue they no roote in themselues, and endure but a time: for when trouble and persecution ariseth for the worde, immediatly they be offended.

  • Heb 6:4-5
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    4For it is impossible that they which were once lightened, & haue tasted of the heauenly gift, and were made partakers of the holy Ghost,

    5And haue tasted of the good word of God, and of the powers of the world to come,

  • 2 Cor 4:3
    68%

    3If our Gospell bee then hid, it is hid to them that are lost.

  • Heb 13:9
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    9Be not caried about with diuers & strange doctrines: for it is a good thing that the heart be stablished with grace, and not with meates, which haue not profited them that haue bene occupied therein.

  • 2 Cor 4:13
    68%

    13And because we haue the same spirite of faith, according as it is written, I beleeued, and therefore haue I spoken, we also beleeue, and therefore speake,

  • 1 Thess 2:13
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    13For this cause also thanke we God without ceasing, that when ye receiued the worde of God, which ye heard of vs, ye receiued it not as the worde of men, but as it is in deede the worde of God, which also worketh in you that beleeue.

  • Isa 28:12
    68%

    12Vnto whome hee saide, This is the rest: giue rest to him that is weary: and this is the refreshing, but they would not heare.

  • Mark 4:12
    67%

    12That they seeing, may see, and not discerne: and they hearing, may heare, and not vnderstand, least at any time they should turne, and their sinnes should be forgiuen them.

  • Gal 3:4-5
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    67%

    4Haue ye suffered so many things in vaine? If so be it be euen in vaine.

    5He therefore that ministreth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it through the workes of the Law, or by the hearing of faith preached?

  • Matt 13:14
    67%

    14So in them is fulfilled the prophecie of Esaias, which prophecie saieth, By hearing, ye shall heare, and shall not vnderstand, and seeing, ye shal see, and shall not perceiue.

  • Heb 3:7
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    7Wherefore, as the holy Ghost sayth, To day if ye shall heare his voyce,

  • Acts 14:7
    67%

    7And there preached the Gospel.

  • Heb 3:15
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    15So long as it is sayd, To day if ye heare his voyce, harden not your hearts, as in the prouocation.

  • Heb 3:12
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    12Take heede, brethren, least at any time there be in any of you an euill heart, and vnfaithfull, to depart away from the liuing God.

  • 2 Cor 10:14
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    14For we stretche not our selues beyonde our measure, as though wee had not attained vnto you: for euen to you also haue we come in preaching the Gospel of Christ,

  • Heb 5:11
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    11Of whome we haue many things to say, which are hard to be vttered, because ye are dull of hearing.

  • Heb 11:13
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    13All these died in faith, and receiued not the promises, but sawe them a farre off, and beleeued them, and receiued them thankefully, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

  • Rom 11:30
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    30For euen as yee in times past haue not beleeued God, yet haue nowe obteined mercie through their vnbeliefe:

  • Acts 28:26
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    26Saying, Goe vnto this people, and say, By hearing ye shal heare, & shal not vnderstand, and seeing ye shall see, and not perceiue.