Cross references

Hebrews 4:2

For we also received the good news just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, since they did not share the faith of those who comprehended it.

Hebrews 4:2 BSB
  1. a Literally not having been united in the faith of those who heard

Hebrews 4:2 has 17 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 5 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 1 Thessalonians 2:13 (19 votes) and Romans 10:16–17 (14 votes). 23 other verses point back to it. It links with 18 other books, from Deuteronomy 9 to Jude 1.

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Which verses does Hebrews 4:2 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. And we continually thank God because, when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as it truly is, the word of God, which is also now at work in you who believe.

  2. But not all of them welcomed the good news. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our message?” Consequently, faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.

  3. Hebrews 11:612 votes

    And without faith it is impossible to please God. For anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.

  4. And to whom did He swear that they would never enter His rest? Was it not to those who disobeyed? So we see that it was because of their unbelief that they were unable to enter.

  5. For physical exercise is of limited value, but godliness is valuable in every way, holding promise for the present life and for the one to come.

  6. Acts 13:463 votes

    Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.

  7. James 1:213 votes

    Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and every expression of evil, and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save your souls.

  8. Circumcision has value if you observe the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.

  9. If I give all I possess to the poor and exult in the surrender of my body, but have not love, I gain nothing.

  10. See to it, brothers, that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God.

  11. Since, then, it remains for some to enter His rest, and since those who formerly heard the good news did not enter because of their disobedience,

  12. The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and foretold the gospel to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”

  13. Acts 3:260 votes

Which verses point to Hebrews 4:2?

The 10 strongest of 23.