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

9So there remains a Shabbat rest for the people of God. 10For the one who has entered God’s rest has also ceased from his own work, just as God did from His. Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one may fall through the same pattern of disobedience. 12For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword—piercing right through to a separation of soul and spirit, joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart. 13No creature is hidden from Him, but all are naked and exposed to 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

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 4:1Let us fear then! Though a promise of entering His rest is left open, some of you would seem to have fallen short.
• Hebrews 6:11But we long for each of you to show the same eagerness for the certainty of hope to the very end—
• Matthew 7:13“Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and those who enter through it are many.
• Matthew 11:12From the days of John the Immerser until now, the kingdom of heaven is treated with violence, and the violent grasp hold of 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 16:16“The Torah and the Prophets were proclaimed until John. Since then, the Good News of the kingdom of God is being proclaimed, and everyone tries forcing his way in.
• John 6:27Don’t work for food that spoils, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For on Him, God the Father has put the seal of approval.”
• Philippians 2:12Therefore, my loved ones, just as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now even more in my absence—work out your salvation with fear and trembling.
• 2 Peter 1:10Therefore, brothers and sisters, make all the more effort to make your calling and election certain—for if you keep doing these things, you will never stumble.
• Hebrews 3:12Take care, brothers and sisters, that none of you has an evil heart of unbelief that falls away from the living God.
• Acts 26:19“Therefore, O King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.
• Romans 11:30For just as you once were disobedient to God but now have been shown mercy because of their disobedience,
• Ephesians 2:2At that time, you walked in the way of this world, in conformity to the ruler of the domain of the air—the ruler of the spirit who is now operating in the sons of disobedience.
• Ephesians 5:6Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God’s judgment comes on the children of disobedience.
• Colossians 3:6Because of such things God’s wrath is coming 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

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