Hebrews 4:11

Hebrews 4:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
• New International Version (NIV)Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will perish by following their example of disobedience.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience.

Context of Hebrews 4:11

9There remains, then, a Sabbath rest for the people of God. 10For whoever enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from His. Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following the same pattern of disobedience. 12For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart. 13Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.

Hebrews 4:11 word by word

Σπουδάσωμεν οὖν εἰσελθεῖν εἰς ἐκείνην τὴν κατάπαυσιν, ἵνα μὴ ἐν τῷ αὐτῷ τις ὑποδείγματι πέσῃ τῆς ἀπειθείας.Read the interlinear

• Let us, therefore, make every effortσπουδάζωspoudazō · be eagerG4704
• Let us, therefore, make every effortοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• to enterεἰσέρχομαιeiserchomai · to enterG1525
• to enterεἰςeis · towardG1519
• thatἐκεῖνοςekeinos · thatG1565
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• restκατάπαυσιςkatapausis · restG2663
• so thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• noμήmē · notG3361
• oneτιςtis · oneG5100
• will fallπίπτωpiptō petō · to collapseG4098
• byἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• sameαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• patternὑπόδειγμαhupodeigma · exampleG5262
• of disobedienceἀπείθειαapeitheia · disobedienceG543

Cross-references for Hebrews 4:11

• Hebrews 4:1Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be deemed to have fallen short of it.
• Hebrews 6:11We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, in order to make your hope sure.
• Matthew 7:13Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.
• Matthew 11:12From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been subject to violence, and the violent lay claim to it.
• Luke 13:24“Make every effort to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.
• Luke 16:16The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John. Since that time, the gospel of the kingdom of God is being preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.
• John 6:27Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on Him God the Father has placed His seal of approval.”
• Philippians 2:12Therefore, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now even more in my absence, continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling.
• 2 Peter 1:10Therefore, brothers, strive to make your calling and election sure. For if you practice these things you will never stumble,
• Hebrews 3:12See to it, brothers, that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God.
• Acts 26:19So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.
• Romans 11:30Just as you who formerly disobeyed God have now received mercy through their disobedience,
• Ephesians 2:2in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of disobedience.
• Ephesians 5:6Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.
• Colossians 3:6Because of these, the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.

Commentaries on Hebrews 4:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11Let us labor therefore - The word implies every exertion of body and mind which can be made in reference to the subject. Rebus aliis omissis, hoc agamus; All things else omitted, this one thing let us do. We receive grace, improve grace, retain grace, that we may obtain eternal glory. Lest any man fall - Lest he fall off from the grace of God, from the Gospel and its blessings, and perish everlastingly. This is the meaning of the apostle, who never…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Let us therefore labour - Let us earnestly strive. Since there is a rest whose attainment is worth all our efforts; since so many have failed of reaching it by their unbelief, and since there is so much danger that we may fail of it also, let us give all diligence that we may enter into it. Heaven is never obtained but by diligence; and no one enters there who does not earnestly desire it, and who does not make a sincere effort to reach it. Of unbelief…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-16Verses 11-16 Observe the end proposed: rest spiritual and eternal; the rest of grace here, and glory hereafter; in Christ on earth, with Christ in heaven. After due and diligent labour, sweet and satisfying rest shall follow; and labour now, will make that rest more pleasant when it comes. Let us labour, and quicken each other to be diligent in duty. The Holy Scriptures are the word of God. When God sets it home by his Spirit, it convinces powerfully…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11make every effort to enter: If we do not actively obey God's voice and respond to the good news (Hebrews 4:1–2), we will face consequences like the wilderness wanderers did. We will fall. us … no one: Obedience is not just a personal issue. God's people have a shared responsibility to obey and should support each other in this effort (compare 3:13; 10:25; 12:15).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. Let us ... therefore--Seeing such a promise is before us, which we may, like them, fall short of through unbelief. labour--Greek, "strive diligently." that rest--which is still future and so glorious. Or, in Alford's translation of He 4:10, "That rest into which Christ has entered before" (He 4:14; He 6:20). fall--with the soul, not merely the body, as the rebel Israelites fell (He 3:17). after the same example--Alford translates, "fall into the same…Read the comment

Topics related to Hebrews 4:11

• Backsliders
• Faith
• Regeneration
• Rest
• Unbelief

In the dictionaries

• Discerner
• Example
• Fall
• Heaven
• Naked
• Powerful
• After; Afterward
• Asunder
• Congregation
• Diligence; Diligent; Diligently

Commentaries on Hebrews 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings