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

9Therefore, a time of eternal rest exists for God’s people. 10Those who entered his place of rest also rest from their work as God did from his. So we must make every effort to enter that place of rest. Then no one will be lost by following the example of those who refused to obey. 12God’s word is living and active. It is sharper than any two-edged sword and cuts as deep as the place where soul and spirit meet, the place where joints and marrow meet. God’s word judges a person’s thoughts and intentions. 13No creature can hide from God. Everything is uncovered and exposed for him to see. We must answer to him.

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Let us labourσπουδάζωspoudazō · be eagerG4704
• thereforeοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• to enterεἰσέρχομαιeiserchomai · to enterG1525
• intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• thatἐκεῖνοςekeinos · thatG1565
• restὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• restκατάπαυσιςkatapausis · restG2663
• ·ἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• lestμήmē · notG3361
• any manτιςtis · oneG5100
• fallπίπτωpiptō petō · to collapseG4098
• afterἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• the sameαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• exampleὑπόδειγμαhupodeigma · exampleG5262
• of unbeliefἀπείθειαapeitheia · disobedienceG543

Cross-references for Hebrews 4:11

• Hebrews 4:1God’s promise that we may enter his place of rest still stands. We are afraid that some of you think you won’t enter his place of rest.
• Hebrews 6:11We want each of you to prove that you’re working hard so that you will remain confident until the end.
• Matthew 7:13“Enter through the narrow gate because the gate and road that lead to destruction are wide. Many enter through the wide gate.
• Matthew 11:12From the time of John the Baptizer until now, the kingdom of heaven has been forcefully advancing, and forceful people have been seizing it.
• Luke 13:24“Try hard to enter through the narrow door. I can guarantee that many will try to enter, but they won’t succeed.
• Luke 16:16“Moses’ Teachings and the Prophets were ⌞in force⌟ until the time of John. Since that time, people have been telling the Good News about God’s kingdom, and everyone is trying to force their way into it.
• John 6:27Don’t work for food that spoils. Instead, work for the food that lasts into eternal life. This is the food the Son of Man will give you. After all, the Father has placed his seal of approval on him.”
• Philippians 2:12My dear friends, you have always obeyed, not only when I was with you but even more now that I’m absent. In the same way continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling.
• 2 Peter 1:10Therefore, brothers and sisters, use more effort to make God’s calling and choosing of you secure. If you keep doing this, you will never fall away.
• Hebrews 3:12Be careful, brothers and sisters, that none of you ever develop a wicked, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God.
• Acts 26:19“At that point I did not disobey the vision I saw from heaven, King Agrippa.
• Romans 11:30In the past, you disobeyed God. But now God has been merciful to you because of the disobedience of the Jewish people.
• Ephesians 2:2You followed the ways of this present world and its spiritual ruler. This ruler continues to work in people who refuse to obey God.
• Ephesians 5:6Don’t let anyone deceive you with meaningless words. It is because of sins like these that God’s anger comes to those who refuse to obey him.
• Colossians 3:6It is because of these sins that God’s anger comes on those who refuse to obey him.

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