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Hebrews 4:11
11Let us therefore use diligence to enter into that rest, that no one may fall after the same example of not hearkening to the word.
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 sabbatism to the people of God. 10For he that has entered into his rest, he also has rested from his works, as God did from his own. Let us therefore use diligence to enter into that rest, that no one may fall after the same example of not hearkening to the word. 12For the word of God [is] living and operative, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and penetrating to [the] division of soul and spirit, both of joints and marrow, and a discerner of the thoughts and intents of [the] heart. 13And there is not a creature unapparent before him; but all things [are] naked and laid bare to his eyes, with whom we have to do.
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Σπουδάσωμεν οὖν εἰσελθεῖν εἰς ἐκείνην τὴν κατάπαυσιν, ἵνα μὴ ἐν τῷ αὐτῷ τις ὑποδείγματι πέσῃ τῆς ἀπειθείας.Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Hebrews 4:11
- Hebrews 4:1Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left of entering into his rest, any one of you might seem to have failed [of it].
- Hebrews 6:11But we desire earnestly that each one of you shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end;
- Matthew 7:13Enter in through the narrow gate, for wide the gate and broad the way that leads to destruction, and many are they who enter in through it.
- Matthew 11:12But from the days of John the baptist until now, the kingdom of the heavens is taken by violence, and [the] violent seize on it.
- Luke 13:24Strive with earnestness to enter in through the narrow door, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter in and will not be able.
- Luke 16:16The law and the prophets [were] until John: from that time the glad tidings of the kingdom of God are announced, and every one forces his way into it.
- John 6:27Work not [for] the food which perishes, but [for] the food which abides unto life eternal, which the Son of man shall give to you; for him has the Father sealed, [even] God.
- Philippians 2:12So that, my beloved, even as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much rather in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling,
- 2 Peter 1:10Wherefore the rather, brethren, use diligence to make your calling and election sure, for doing these things ye will never fall;
- Hebrews 3:12See, brethren, lest there be in any one of you a wicked heart of unbelief, in turning away from [the] living God.
- Acts 26:19Whereupon, king Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision;
- Romans 11:30For as indeed ye [also] once have not believed in God, but now have been objects of mercy through the unbelief of these;
- Ephesians 2:2in which ye once walked according to the age of this world, according to the ruler of the authority of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience:
- Ephesians 5:6Let no one deceive you with vain words, for on account of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.
- Colossians 3:6On account of which things the wrath of God comes upon 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
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- 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
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