Hebrews 3:15

while it is said, “Today if you will hear his voice, don’t harden your hearts, as in the rebellion.”

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WEBBE

while it is said, “Today if you will hear his voice, don’t harden your hearts, as in the rebellion.”

BSB

As it has been said: “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion.”

KJV

While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.

ASV

while it is said, To-day if ye shall hear his voice, Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.

BBE

As it is said, Today if you will let his voice come to your ears, be not hard of heart, as when you made him angry.

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ἐν en As G1722 τῷ tō the G3588 λέγεσθαι legesthai saying G3004 σήμερον sēmeron Today G4594 ἐὰν ean if G1437 τῆς tēs the G3588 φωνῆς phōnēs voice G5456 αὐτοῦ autou of Him G846 ἀκούσητε akousēte you shall hear G191 μὴ mē not G3361 σκληρύνητε sklērunēte shall harden G4645 τὰς tas the G3588 καρδίας kardias hearts G2588 ὑμῶν humōn of you G4771 ὡς hōs as G5613 ἐν en in G1722 τῷ tō the G3588 παραπικρασμῷ parapikrasmō rebellion G3894

The early church

Then he adds, "When it is said, To-day if ye hear His voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation." This is a transposition, "when it is said, To-day if ye hear His voice, harden not your hearts." It must be read thus: "Let us fear lest a promise being left us of entering into His rest, any of you should seem to come short of it; for to us was the Gospel preached as well as unto them when it is said, To-day if ye hear His voice" (for "To-day" is "at every time"). Then he adds "but the word of hearing did not profit them, as they were not mixed by faith with them that heard." ... Now what he says is to this effect. They also heard, as we hear: but no profit came to them. Do not suppose then that by "hearing" what is proclaimed ye will be profited; seeing that they also heard, but derived no benefit because they did not believe.
John Chrysostom · d. 407Homilies on Hebrews

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 14–19

The saints' privilege is, they are made partakers of Christ, that is, of the Spirit, the nature, graces, righteousness, and life of Christ; they are interested in all Christ is, in all he has done, or will do. The same spirit with which Christians set out in the ways of God, they should maintain unto the end. Perseverance in faith is the best evidence of the sincerity of our faith. Hearing the word often is a means of salvation, yet, if not hearkened to, it will expose more to the Divine wrath. The happiness of being partakers of Christ and his complete salvation, and the fear of God's wrath and eternal misery, should stir us up to persevere in the life of obedient faith. Let us beware of trusting to outward privileges or professions, and pray to be numbered with the true believers who enter heaven, when all others fail because of unbelief. As our obedience follows according to the power of our faith, so our sins and want of care are according to the prevailing of unbelief in us.

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Psalm 95:7–8Hebrews 3:7–8Hebrews 4:7

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HeartObduracy (Hardness)

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.