1Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
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Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;
Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.
Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-10)Here, I. The apostle declares that our privileges by Christ under the gospel are not only as great, but greater than those enjoyed under the Mosaic law. He specifies this, that we have a promise left us of entering into his rest; that is, of entering into a covenant-relation to Christ, and a state of communion with God through Christ, and of growing up therein, till we are made perfect in glory. W…
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