11 Let us therefore give diligence to enter into that rest, that no man fall after the same example of disobedience.
Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
Take heed, brethren, lest haply there shall be in any one of you an evil heart of unbelief, in falling away from the living God:
They profess that they know God; but by their works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
Let no man deceive you with empty words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience.
Wherefore, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:
Strive to enter in by the narrow door: for many, I say unto you, shall seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
Wherefore, brethren, give the more diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never stumble: for thus shall be richly supplied unto you the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
And we desire that each one of you may show the same diligence unto the fulness of hope even to the end:
So then, my beloved, even as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;
For as ye in time past were disobedient to God, but now have obtained mercy by their disobedience, even so have these also now been disobedient, that by the mercy shown to you they also may now obtain mercy. For God hath shut up all unto disobedience, that he might have mercy upon all.
The law and the prophets `were' until John: from that time the gospel of the kingdom of God is preached, and every man entereth violently into it.
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Commentary on Hebrews 4 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 4
The apostle, having in the foregoing chapter set forth the sin and punishment of the ancient Jews, proceeds in this,
Hbr 4:1-10
Here,
Hbr 4:11-16
In this latter part of the chapter the apostle concludes, first, with a serious repeated exhortation, and then with proper and powerful motives.