Bible Strands
Hebrews 4:11
Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The author addresses Jewish Christians facing discouragement, issuing an urgent command after establishing that God’s rest remains available to believers.
The words — Σπουδασώμεν (Spoudasōmen) translates literally as “let us be diligent,” and κατάπαυσιν (katapausin) denotes “rest” or “cessation from labor.”
The thread — The exhortation to enter that rest directly references the disobedience warned against in Hebrews 3:18 and parallels the urgent call to enter through the narrow door in Luke 13:24.
Why it lands — The text commands active pursuit of the rest God provides, explicitly warning that failure to pursue it results in falling under the same pattern of disobedience that excluded the wilderness generation.
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The Greek words
King James Version
Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
Cross-references
- Matthew 11:28 Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
- 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.
- Hebrews 3:18 And to whom did He swear that they would never enter His rest? Was it not to those who disobeyed?
- Ephesians 5:6 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.
- Hebrews 6:11 We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, in order to make your hope sure.
- 2 Peter 1:10 Therefore, brothers, strive to make your calling and election sure. For if you practice these things you will never stumble,
- Philippians 2:12 Therefore, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now even more in my absence, continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling.
- Titus 1:16 They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.
- Hebrews 3:12 See to it, brothers, that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God.
- Matthew 7:13 Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.