Hebrews 4:1-11. Chiastic structure copied from Chiastic Analysis
of the Epistle to the Hebrews, arranged by John Bligh (Athenaeum
Press, Heythrop College, Oxon, England: 1966). Bligh's work is almost entirely
in Greek. For website purposes, I have used unaccented Greek from the Unbound Bible, Nestle-Aland
26,
at unbound.biola.edu
I have added English from the New American Standard Bible, revised.
A | 4:1 fobhqwmen
oun mhpote Therefore, let us fear if,
kataleipomenhV epaggeliaV
eiselqein eiV thn katapausin autou dokh tiV ex umwn usterhkenai 2 kai gar esmen euhggelismenoi
kaqaper kakeinoi all ouk wfelhsen o logoV thV akohV
ekeinouV mh sugkekerasmenouV th pistei toiV
akousasin |
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B | 3 eisercomeqa
gar eiV [thn] katapausin oi pisteusanteV For we who have believed enter that rest, kaqwV eirhken wV wmosa en th orgh
mou ei eiseleusontai eiV thn katapausin mou kaitoi twn ergwn apo katabolhV
kosmou genhqentwn kai katepausen o qeoV en th hmera
th ebdomh apo pantwn twn ergwn autou |
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C | 6 epei oun
apoleipetai tinaV eiselqein eiV authn Therefore, since it remains for some to enter it, |
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D | kai oi
proteron euaggelisqenteV and those who formerly had good news preached to them ouk eishlqon di apeiqeian failed to enter because of disobedience, |
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E | 7 palin
tina orizei hmeran He again fixes a certain day, |
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F | shmeron "Today," | |||||||
G | en dauid legwn saying through David | |||||||
H | meta tosouton cronon after so long a time | |||||||
G* | kaqwV proeirhtai just as has been said before, | |||||||
F* | shmeron "Today | |||||||
E* | ean thV
fwnhV autou akoushte mh sklhrunhte taV kardiaV umwn if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts." |
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D* | 8 ei gar
autouV ihsouV katepausen For if Joshua had given them
rest,
ouk an peri allhV elalei meta
tauta hmeraV |
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C* | 9 ara
apoleipetai sabbatismoV tw law tou qeou So there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God. |
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B* | 10 o gar
eiselqwn eiV thn katapausin autou For the one who has
entered His rest
kai autoV katepausen apo twn ergwn
autou wsper apo twn idiwn o qeoV |
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A* | 11 spoudaswmen
oun eiselqein eiV ekeinhn thn katapausin Therefore let us be diligent to enter that rest, ina mh en tw autw tiV upodeigmati pesh
thV apeiqeiaV |