11Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
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Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. …
And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?
And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:
Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 11-16)In this latter part of the chapter the apostle concludes, first, with a serious repeated exhortation, and then with proper and powerful motives. I. Here we have a serious exhortation: Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest , Heb. 4:11. Observe, 1. The end proposed—rest spiritual and eternal, the rest of grace here and glory hereafter—in Christ on earth, with Christ in heaven. 2. The way t…
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