Textus Receptus Bibles
King James Bible 1611
| 4:1 | Let vs therefore feare, lest a promise being left vs, of entring into his rest, any of you should seeme to come short of it. |
| 4:2 | For vnto vs was the Gospel preached, as well as vnto the: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it. |
| 4:3 | For we which haue beleeued do enter into rest, as hee said, As I haue sworne in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest, although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. |
| 4:4 | For he spake in a certaine place of the seuenth day on this wise: And God did rest the seuenth day from all his works. |
| 4:5 | And in this place againe: If they shall enter into my rest. |
| 4:6 | Seeing therfore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached, entred not in because of vnbeleefe: |
| 4:7 | Againe, hee limiteth a certaine day, saying in Dauid, To day, after so long a time; as it is saide, To day if ye will heare his voyce, harden not your hearts. |
| 4:8 | For if Iesus had giuen them rest, then would he not afterward haue spoken of another day. |
| 4:9 | There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. |
| 4:10 | For he that is entred into his rest, hee also hath ceased from his owne works, as God did from his. |
| 4:11 | Let vs labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of vnbeleefe. |
| 4:12 | For the word of God is quicke and powerfull, and sharper then any two edged sword, pearcing euen to the diuiding asunder of soule and spirit, and of the ioynts and marrowe, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. |
| 4:13 | Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked, and opened vnto the eyes of him with whome wee haue to doe. |
| 4:14 | Seeing then that wee haue a great high Priest, that is passed into the heauens, Iesus the Sonne of God, let vs hold fast our profession. |
| 4:15 | For wee haue not an high Priest which cannot bee touched with the feeling of our infirmities: but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sinne. |
| 4:16 | Let vs therefore come boldly vnto the throne of grace, that wee may obtaine mercy, and finde grace to helpe in time of need. |
King James Bible 1611
The commissioning of the King James Bible took place at a conference at the Hampton Court Palace in London England in 1604. When King James came to the throne he wanted unity and stability in the church and state, but was well aware that the diversity of his constituents had to be considered. There were the Papists who longed for the English church to return to the Roman Catholic fold and the Latin Vulgate. There were Puritans, loyal to the crown but wanting even more distance from Rome. The Puritans used the Geneva Bible which contained footnotes that the king regarded as seditious. The Traditionalists made up of Bishops of the Anglican Church wanted to retain the Bishops Bible.
The king commissioned a new English translation to be made by over fifty scholars representing the Puritans and Traditionalists. They took into consideration: the Tyndale New Testament, the Matthews Bible, the Great Bible and the Geneva Bible. The great revision of the Bible had begun. From 1605 to 1606 the scholars engaged in private research. From 1607 to 1609 the work was assembled. In 1610 the work went to press, and in 1611 the first of the huge (16 inch tall) pulpit folios known today as "The 1611 King James Bible" came off the printing press.