Hebrews 4:10

For whoever enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from His.

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — The author addresses believers who have heard the gospel promise, positioning the verse between a declaration that a Sabbath rest remains and a command to strive to enter it. The moment is a pastoral warning against the disobedience pattern that caused the wilderness generation to miss their inheritance.

The words — εἰσελθὼν (eiselthōn) literally means having entered, and κατὰπαυσιν (katapausin) denotes a settled rest. These terms anchor the verse’s claim that entry into divine rest entails cessation from personal labor.

The thread — The concept of divine rest and cessation appears in Hebrews 4:3, where belief grants present entry into that same rest, and in Revelation 14:13, which pronounces blessedness on those who die in the Lord. The call to cease from self-driven striving echoes the exhortation in 1 Peter 4:1 to arm oneself with Christ’s suffering resolve.

Why it lands — The text states that entering God’s rest requires stopping one’s own work, mirroring God’s own cessation. The reader must evaluate whether current efforts reflect autonomous striving or faithful alignment with divine completion.

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The Greek words

King James Version

For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.

Cross-references

Revelation 14:13 And I heard a voice from heaven telling me to write, “Blessed are the dead—those who die in the Lord from this moment on.” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labors, for their deeds will follow them.”
Hebrews 4:3 Now we who have believed enter that rest. As for the others, it is just as God has said: “So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’” And yet His works have been finished since the foundation of the world.
1 Peter 4:1 Therefore, since Christ suffered in His body, arm yourselves with the same resolve, because anyone who has suffered in his body is done with sin.
John 19:30 When Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished.” And bowing His head, He yielded up His spirit.
Hebrews 10:12 But when this Priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand of God.
Hebrews 1:3 The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.