Hebrews 4:11
Let it then be our earnest endeavour to be admitted to that rest, so that no one may perish through following the same example of unbelief.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
In Context
10For He who has been admitted to His rest, has rested from His works as God did from His.
Cross References
Matthew 7:13"Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad the road which leads to ruin, and many there are who enter by it;
Matthew 11:28"Come to me, all you toiling and burdened ones, and *I* will give you rest.
Luke 16:16The Law and the Prophets continued until John came: from that time the Good News of the Kingdom of God has been spreading, and all classes have been forcing their way into it.
Acts 26:19"Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision;
Ephesians 2:2which were once habitual to you while you walked in the ways of this world and obeyed the Prince of the powers of the air, the spirits that are now at work in the hearts of the sons of disobedience--to you God has given Life.
Philippians 2:12Therefore, my dearly-loved friends, as I have always found you obedient, labour earnestly with fear and trembling--not merely as though I were present with you, but much more now since I am absent from you--labour earnestly, I say, to make sure of your own salvation.
Matthew Henry on Hebrews 4:2-11
Gospel Privileges; Cautions against Apostasy. ( a. d. 62.) 1 Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. 2 For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it. 3 For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of… Read the whole commentary →