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But if we disobey God, as the people of Israel did, we will fall. <a href="/esv/hebrews/4.htm">English Standard Version</a> Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience. <a href="/bsb/hebrews/4.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following the same pattern of disobedience. <a href="/blb/hebrews/4.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Therefore we should be diligent to enter into that rest, so that no one should fall by the same example of disobedience. <a href="/kjv/hebrews/4.htm">King James Bible</a> Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief. <a href="/nkjv/hebrews/4.htm">New King James Version</a> Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience. <a href="/nasb_/hebrews/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Therefore let’s make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following the same example of disobedience. <a href="/nasb/hebrews/4.htm">NASB 1995</a> Therefore let us be diligent to enter that rest, so that no one will fall, through following the same example of disobedience. <a href="/nasb77/hebrews/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall through following the same example of disobedience. <a href="/lsb/hebrews/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Therefore let us be diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall into the same example of disobedience. <a href="/amp/hebrews/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Let us therefore make every effort to enter that rest [of God, to know and experience it for ourselves], so that no one will fall by following the same example of disobedience [as those who died in the wilderness]. <a href="/csb/hebrews/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Let us, then, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall into the same pattern of disobedience. <a href="/hcsb/hebrews/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Let us then make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall into the same pattern of disobedience. <a href="/asv/hebrews/4.htm">American Standard Version</a> Let us therefore give diligence to enter into that rest, that no man fall after the same example of disobedience. <a href="/cev/hebrews/4.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> We should do our best to enter the place of rest, so none of us will disobey and miss going there, as they did. <a href="/erv/hebrews/4.htm">English Revised Version</a> Let us therefore give diligence to enter into that rest, that no man fall after the same example of disobedience. <a href="/gwt/hebrews/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> So we must make every effort to enter that place of rest. Then no one will be lost by following the example of those who refused to obey. <a href="/gnt/hebrews/4.htm">Good News Translation</a> Let us, then, do our best to receive that rest, so that no one of us will fail as they did because of their lack of faith. <a href="/isv/hebrews/4.htm">International Standard Version</a> Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one may fail by following their example of disobedience. <a href="/msb/hebrews/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following the same pattern of disobedience. <a href="/net/hebrews/4.htm">NET Bible</a> Thus we must make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by following the same pattern of disobedience. <a href="/nheb/hebrews/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Let us therefore give diligence to enter into that rest, lest anyone fall after the same example of disobedience. <a href="/wbt/hebrews/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Let us labor therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief. <a href="/wey/hebrews/4.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> 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. <a href="/web/hebrews/4.htm">World English Bible</a> Let’s therefore give diligence to enter into that rest, lest anyone fall after the same example of disobedience. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/hebrews/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> May we be diligent, then, to enter into that rest, that no one may fall in the same example of the unbelief, <a href="/blb/hebrews/4.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Therefore we should be diligent to enter into that rest, so that no one should fall by the same example of disobedience. <a href="/ylt/hebrews/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> May we be diligent, then, to enter into that rest, that no one in the same example of the unbelief may fall, <a href="/slt/hebrews/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Therefore we should be earnest to come into that rest, lest any should fall in the same pattern of unbelief.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/hebrews/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Let us hasten therefore to enter into that rest; lest any man fall into the same example of unbelief. <a href="/cpdv/hebrews/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Therefore, let us hasten to enter into that rest, so that no one may fall into the same example of unbelief. <a href="/nabre/hebrews/4.htm">New American Bible</a> Therefore, let us strive to enter into that rest, so that no one may fall after the same example of disobedience. <a href="/nrsvce/hebrews/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Let us therefore make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one may fall through such disobedience as theirs.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/hebrews/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Let us strive therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall like those who were disobedient. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/hebrews/4.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> Let us take pains, therefore, to enter that rest, lest we fall in the manner of those who were not persuaded.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/hebrews/4.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> Let us earnestly strive, therefore, to enter into that rest, lest any one fall after the same example of unbelief. <a href="/godbey/hebrews/4.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> Therefore let us hasten to enter into that rest, lest some one may fall by the same example of unbelief. <a href="/haweis/hebrews/4.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> Let us then earnestly endeavour to enter into that rest, lest any person fall after the same example of unbelief. <a href="/mace/hebrews/4.htm">Mace New Testament</a> Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any of us by imitating their incredulity, should fall short thereof like them. <a href="/wey/hebrews/4.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> 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. <a href="/worrell/hebrews/4.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> Let us, therefore, give diligence to enter into that rest, that no one fall after the same example of unbelief. <a href="/worsley/hebrews/4.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, least any one fall after the same example of unbelief. <a href="/parallel/hebrews/4-11.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/x-IAXXp5zcA?start=586" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/hebrews/4.htm">The Sabbath Rest</a> …10For whoever enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from His. 11<a href="/greek/4704.htm" title="4704: Spoudasōmen (V-ASA-1P) -- To hasten, be eager, be zealous. From spoude; to use speed, i.e. To make effort, be prompt or earnest.">Let us, therefore, make every effort</a> <a href="/greek/3767.htm" title="3767: oun (Conj) -- Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly."></a> <a href="/greek/1525.htm" title="1525: eiselthein (V-ANA) -- To go in, come in, enter. From eis and erchomai; to enter.">to enter</a> <a href="/greek/1519.htm" title="1519: eis (Prep) -- A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases."></a> <a href="/greek/1565.htm" title="1565: ekeinēn (DPro-AFS) -- That, that one there, yonder. From ekei; that one (neuter) thing); often intensified by the article prefixed.">that</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēn (Art-AFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2663.htm" title="2663: katapausin (N-AFS) -- From katapauo; reposing down, i.e. abode.">rest,</a> <a href="/greek/2443.htm" title="2443: hina (Conj) -- In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that.">so that</a> <a href="/greek/3361.htm" title="3361: mē (Adv) -- Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether.">no</a> <a href="/greek/5100.htm" title="5100: tis (IPro-NMS) -- Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object.">one</a> <a href="/greek/4098.htm" title="4098: pesē (V-ASA-3S) -- A reduplicated and contracted form of peto; probably akin to petomai through the idea of alighting; to fall.">will fall</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">by following</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tō (Art-DNS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autō (PPro-DN3S) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">same</a> <a href="/greek/5262.htm" title="5262: hypodeigmati (N-DNS) -- (a) a figure, copy, (b) an example, model. From hupodeiknumi; an exhibit for imitation or warning.">pattern</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tēs (Art-GFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/543.htm" title="543: apeitheias (N-GFS) -- Willful unbelief, obstinacy, disobedience. From apeithes; disbelief.">of disobedience.</a> 12For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/matthew/7-21.htm">Matthew 7:21</a> Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven. <a href="/philippians/2-12.htm">Philippians 2:12</a> 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. <a href="/james/2-17.htm">James 2:17</a> So too, faith by itself, if it does not result in action, is dead. <a href="/2_peter/1-10.htm">2 Peter 1:10</a> Therefore, brothers, strive to make your calling and election sure. For if you practice these things you will never stumble, <a href="/1_corinthians/9-24.htm">1 Corinthians 9:24-27</a> Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way as to take the prize. / Everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline. They do it for a crown that is perishable, but we do it for a crown that is imperishable. / Therefore I do not run aimlessly; I do not fight like I am beating the air. ... <a href="/2_timothy/2-15.htm">2 Timothy 2:15</a> Make every effort to present yourself approved to God, an unashamed workman who accurately handles the word of truth. <a href="/revelation/3-11.htm">Revelation 3:11</a> I am coming soon. Hold fast to what you have, so that no one will take your crown. <a href="/romans/12-11.htm">Romans 12:11</a> Do not let your zeal subside; keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. <a href="/1_timothy/6-12.htm">1 Timothy 6:12</a> Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made the good confession before many witnesses. <a href="/colossians/3-23.htm">Colossians 3:23</a> Whatever you do, work at it with your whole being, as for the Lord and not for men, <a href="/luke/13-24.htm">Luke 13:24</a> “Make every effort to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able. <a href="/2_peter/3-14.htm">2 Peter 3:14</a> Therefore, beloved, as you anticipate these things, make every effort to be found at peace—spotless and blameless in His sight. <a href="/1_corinthians/15-58.htm">1 Corinthians 15:58</a> Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and immovable. Always excel in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain. <a href="/galatians/6-9.htm">Galatians 6:9</a> Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. <a href="/ephesians/4-3.htm">Ephesians 4:3</a> and with diligence to preserve the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Let us labor therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.Let.<a href="/hebrews/4-1.htm">Hebrews 4:1</a> 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.<a href="/hebrews/6-11.htm">Hebrews 6:11</a> And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:<a href="/matthew/7-13.htm">Matthew 7:13</a> Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:lest.<a href="/hebrews/3-12.htm">Hebrews 3:12,18,19</a> Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God… unbelief.<a href="/acts/26-19.htm">Acts 26:19</a> Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:<a href="/romans/11-30.htm">Romans 11:30-32</a> For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief: … <a href="/ephesians/2-2.htm">Ephesians 2:2</a> Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/hebrews/4-10.htm">Admitted</a> <a href="/philemon/1-21.htm">Desire</a> <a href="/titus/3-12.htm">Diligence</a> <a href="/titus/3-12.htm">Diligent</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-6.htm">Disobedience</a> <a href="/hebrews/2-1.htm">Earnest</a> <a href="/titus/3-12.htm">Effort</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/6-3.htm">Endeavour</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-10.htm">Enter</a> <a href="/titus/3-14.htm">Example</a> <a href="/1_timothy/6-9.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/titus/3-14.htm">Following</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-10.htm">God's</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-6.htm">Orders</a> <a href="/hebrews/1-11.htm">Perish</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-10.htm">Rest</a> <a href="/2_timothy/3-6.htm">Sort</a> <a href="/2_timothy/2-24.htm">Strive</a> <a href="/philemon/1-7.htm">Strong</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-6.htm">Unbelief</a> <a href="/philemon/1-11.htm">Use</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/hebrews/11-13.htm">Admitted</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-11.htm">Desire</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-11.htm">Diligence</a> <a href="/2_peter/1-10.htm">Diligent</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-16.htm">Disobedience</a> <a href="/1_peter/4-8.htm">Earnest</a> <a href="/hebrews/12-14.htm">Effort</a> <a href="/2_peter/1-15.htm">Endeavour</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-20.htm">Enter</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-12.htm">Example</a> <a href="/hebrews/6-6.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/2_peter/1-16.htm">Following</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-12.htm">God's</a> <a href="/hebrews/5-8.htm">Orders</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-39.htm">Perish</a> <a href="/hebrews/10-13.htm">Rest</a> <a href="/hebrews/13-16.htm">Sort</a> <a href="/hebrews/12-14.htm">Strive</a> <a href="/hebrews/4-14.htm">Strong</a> <a href="/matthew/13-58.htm">Unbelief</a> <a href="/hebrews/5-14.htm">Use</a><div class="vheading2">Hebrews 4</div>1. <a href="/hebrews/4-1.htm">The Sabbath-Rest for Christians is attained by faith.</a> 12. <a href="/hebrews/4-12.htm">The power of God's word.</a> 14. <a href="/hebrews/4-14.htm">By our high priest Jesus, the Son of God,</a> 16. <a href="/hebrews/4-16.htm">we may and must go boldly to the throne of grace.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The "rest" refers to the spiritual peace and eternal salvation found in Christ, echoing the rest God took after creation (<a href="/genesis/2-2.htm">Genesis 2:2</a>) and the rest promised to the Israelites in the Promised Land (<a href="/deuteronomy/12-9.htm">Deuteronomy 12:9-10</a>). The exhortation to "make every effort" underscores the necessity of active faith and perseverance, aligning with Paul's encouragement to "work out your salvation with fear and trembling" (<a href="/philippians/2-12.htm">Philippians 2:12</a>). This rest is not merely physical but a deeper, spiritual rest that comes from faith in Christ, contrasting with the Israelites' failure to enter the Promised Land due to unbelief (<a href="/numbers/14-22.htm">Numbers 14:22-23</a>).so that no one will fall The warning here is against apostasy and spiritual failure. The term "fall" suggests a spiritual downfall or missing out on God's promises, similar to the Israelites who fell in the wilderness due to their lack of faith (<a href="/1_corinthians/10-5.htm">1 Corinthians 10:5</a>). This serves as a cautionary reminder of the consequences of disobedience and unbelief. The writer of Hebrews emphasizes the importance of community and mutual encouragement to prevent such a fall, as seen in <a href="/hebrews/3-13.htm">Hebrews 3:13</a>, where believers are urged to encourage one another daily.by following the same pattern of disobedience. This phrase refers to the historical disobedience of the Israelites during their wilderness journey. Their pattern of disobedience included grumbling, idolatry, and a lack of trust in God's promises (<a href="/exodus/32.htm">Exodus 32:1-6</a>; <a href="/numbers/14.htm">Numbers 14:1-4</a>). The "pattern" implies a repeated behavior that leads to spiritual failure. The author of Hebrews uses this historical example to warn contemporary believers against similar unbelief and rebellion. The call is to learn from the past and to live in obedience and faith, as seen in the exhortation to "hold firmly to the faith we profess" (<a href="/hebrews/4-14.htm">Hebrews 4:14</a>). This serves as a reminder of the importance of faithfulness and the dangers of hardening one's heart against God's voice (<a href="/hebrews/3-7.htm">Hebrews 3:7-8</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a> The original audience of the warning in <a href="/hebrews/4-11.htm">Hebrews 4:11</a>, who failed to enter God's rest due to disobedience and unbelief during their wilderness journey. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_promised_land.htm">The Promised Land</a> Represents the rest that God promised to the Israelites, which they failed to enter due to their lack of faith. 3. <a href="/topical/j/jesus_christ.htm">Jesus Christ</a> The ultimate fulfillment of God's promise of rest, offering spiritual rest and salvation to believers. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_wilderness.htm">The Wilderness</a> The place where the Israelites wandered for 40 years, symbolizing the consequences of disobedience and unbelief. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_author_of_hebrews.htm">The Author of Hebrews</a> Traditionally attributed to Paul or another early Christian leader, addressing Jewish Christians to encourage perseverance in faith.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_urgency_of_diligence.htm">The Urgency of Diligence</a> Believers are called to be diligent in their faith, actively pursuing the rest that God offers through obedience and trust in Him. <a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_disobedience.htm">The Danger of Disobedience</a> The Israelites' failure serves as a warning; disobedience and unbelief can prevent us from experiencing the fullness of God's promises. <a href="/topical/t/the_nature_of_god's_rest.htm">The Nature of God's Rest</a> God's rest is both a present spiritual reality and a future promise, accessible through faith in Jesus Christ. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_faith.htm">The Role of Faith</a> Entering God's rest requires faith, a trust in God's promises, and a commitment to follow His ways. <a href="/topical/t/the_community_of_believers.htm">The Community of Believers</a> Encouragement and accountability within the Christian community are vital in helping each other remain faithful and diligent.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_hebrews_4.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Hebrews 4</a> <a href="/q/how_can_one_enter_god's_rest.htm">How can one enter God's rest?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_'enter_his_gates'_mean.htm">What does it mean to rest in God?</a> <a href="/q/what_are_the_works_of_the_devil.htm">What are the works of the devil?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_god_rest_if_omnipotent.htm">Why does an omnipotent God who "never slumbers" (Psalm 121:4) rest on the seventh day (Hebrews 4:4), and how does this align with scientific views of the universe?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/hebrews/4.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(11) Labour.--Rather, give diligence, strive earnestly. It is the necessity of watchful and constant faithfulness that is enforced. Hence the words that follow: "Lest any one fall into (or, after) the same example of disobedience" (<a href="/hebrews/4-6.htm" title="Seeing therefore it remains that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief:">Hebrews 4:6</a>; <a href="/hebrews/3-18.htm" title="And to whom swore he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?">Hebrews 3:18</a>).<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/hebrews/4.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 11. - Let us therefore do our diligence (σπουδάσωμεν, so translated in A.V. <a href="/2_timothy/4-9.htm">2 Timothy 4:9, 21</a>) to enter into that rest, lest any one fall after the same example of disobedience (ἀπειθείας: not ἀπιστίας, which means "unbelief"). It is a question, though not at all affecting the general sense of the passage, whether ἐν τῷ αὐτῶ ὑποδείγματι πέσῃ should not he translated "fall into the same example." Πίπτειν ἐν has undoubtedly the sense of "to fall into," and is frequently so used in the LXX., and the subordinate position of πέσῃ in the sentence - between ὑποδείγπατι and τῆς ἀπειθείας - is against its being used absolutely as the emphatic word. If so, the meaning will be "fall into the same exemplar of disobedience," i.e. the kind of disobedience of which that of the Israelites was a sample. This interpretation of the phrase, being that of the Vulgate, is supported by Alford, Davison, Lunemann; though most modern commentators (Bengel, Bleek, De Wette, Tholuck, Delitzsch, Wordsworth), with Chrysostom, take πέσῃ absolutely, as in <a href="/romans/11-11.htm">Romans 11:11</a> (ruat, Bengel), and ἐν τῷ αὐτῶ ὑποδείγματι as meaning, "so as to present the same (i.e. a like) example of disobedience," the ἐν, according to Delitzsch, being the ἐν of state or condition. The warning is next enforced by a vivid representation of the penetrating and resistless power of the "Word of God." The question arises whether "the Word of God" is here to be understood in St. John's sense of the Hypostatic Word, i.e. the Second Person of the holy Trinity, who became incarnate in Christ. It is so understood by the Fathers generally; and the fact of this Epistle being tinged generally with the thought and terminology of Philo (whose use of the word λόγος, derived from the Platonic philosophy in combination with Jewish theology, seems to anticipate in some degree, however vaguely, the doctrine of St. John) gives some countenance to the view. But against it are the following considerations: - (1) Christ is not elsewhere in this Epistle designated as "the Word" but as "the SON." His eternal relation to the Father, though otherwise plainly intimated, is not expressed by this term, as it was by St. John. (2) The description of the Word, as "sharper than any two-edged sword," is not suitable to the Hypostatic Word himself, but rather to the utterance of his power. Thus in <a href="/revelation/1-16.htm">Revelation 1:16</a>, "the Son of man," and in <a href="/revelation/19-15.htm">Revelation 19:15</a>, "he whose name is called the Word of God," has a "sharp two-edged sword proceeding out of his mouth." The sword is not himself, but that which "came forth out of his mouth." Cf. <a href="/isaiah/11-4.htm">Isaiah 11:4</a>, "He shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked;" cf. also <a href="/ephesians/6-17.htm">Ephesians 6:17</a>, "The sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God." Hence, notwithstanding the prevailing view of the Fathers, it seems best to understand the term here as meaning generally the Divine utterance, without definite reference to the Hypo-static Word. It was the Word of God, in this sense, that debarred the ancient Israelites from their rest, and doomed them in the wilderness; it is the same Word which still more, as being uttered in the Son, is so searching and resistless now. True, it is through the Hypostatic Word that the Godhead has ever operated, of old as well as now, being God's eternal utterance of himself: the only question is whether this truth is here intended to be expressed, or, in other words, whether λόγος has here the personal sense in which St. John uses the term. It is possible that the writer passes in thought to a personal sense in the ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ of ver. 13, where αὐτοῦ μαψ refer to ὁ λόγος preceding, rather than to τοῦ Θεοῦ. But certainly at the beginning of the passage this specific sense does not seem to be suggested either by the context or the language used. Ver. 12. - For living is the Word of God, and powerful (or, effectual; cf. <a href="/philemon/1-6.htm">Philemon 1:6</a>; <a href="/1_corinthians/16-9.htm">1 Corinthians 16:9</a>), and sharper than any two- edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Observe how the predicates form a climax. The Word of God is, first, living, instinct with the life of the living God who utters it, itself a living power (cf. λόγια ζῶντα, <a href="/acts/7-38.htm">Acts 7:38</a>); then, not only so, but also operative, effective of its purpose; then, in this its operation, more keenly cutting than any sword; cutting so as to perpetrate through and through - through the whole inner being of man to its inmost depths; then, in doing so, discerning and opening to judgment all the secrets of his consciousness. This description of the power of the Word of God is given as a reason fur the warning, σπουδάσωμενα etc., "Let us give diligence," etc.; for, if we slight the Word of God, we can have no escape from its irresistible operation; we shall be thoroughly exposed and inevitably judged. The view of the Word of God having a sharply cutting operation is found in Philo, from whom Bleek cites a series of passages cognate to this in the Epistle. Cf. especially one in the treatise, 'Quis Rerum Divinorum Haeres.:' Τῷ τομεῖ τῶν συμπάντων αὐτοῦ λόγῳ ὅς εἰς τὴν ὀξοτάτης ἀκονηθεὶς αὐτοῦ λογῳ ὅς οὐδεπους λήγει τὰ αἰσθητὰ πάντα ἐπειδὰν δὲ μέχρι τῶν ἀτόμων καὶ λεγομένων ἀμερῶν διεξέλθῃ, etc. And for the comparison to a sword, cf. (as above referred to) <a href="/ephesians/6-17.htm">Ephesians 6:17</a>; <a href="/revelation/1-16.htm">Revelation 1:16</a>; <a href="/revelation/19-15.htm">Revelation 19:15</a>; and <a href="/isaiah/11-4.htm">Isaiah 11:4</a>. The true reading of the part of the sentence, "of soul and spirit," etc., is ψυχῆς καὶ πνεύματος ἁρμῶν τε καὶ μυελῶν, the τε of the Textus Receptus after ψυχῆς being ill supported. The second τε, after ἁρμῶν, is therefore most naturally taken, and so as to give the best sense, in the sense of "both," not "and;" i.e. the second clause is not to be taken as denoting a further dividing - of the bodily parts as well as of the soul and spirit, but as expressing, by recurrence to the figure of a sword, the thoroughness of the division of soul and spirit. Further, the division spoken of is surely not of the soul from the spirit, as some have taken it. Delitzsch, e.g., explains to this effect - that in fallen man his πνεῦμα, which proceeded from God and carries in itself the Divine image, has become, "as it were, extinguished;" that "through the operation of grace man recalls to mind his own true nature, though shattered by sin;" "that heavenly nature or' man reappears when Christ is formed in him;" and thus the Word of God "marks out and separates" the πνεῦμα in him from the ψυχὴ in which it had been, "as it were, extinguished." Then, taking the clause, ἁρμῶν τε καὶ μυελῶν, to express a further process of dissection, he explains by saying that the Word of God "exhibits to man the fact that ungodly powers are working also in his bodily frame, which has now in every joint and chord and marrow become the seat of sin and death, and so "goes on to scrutinize" his bodily as well as his spiritual part," and "lays bare before the eyes of God and before his own the whole man thus described." But the idea of the separation, in the above sense, of the πνεῦμα φρομ the ψυχὴ, even if tenable, is certainly far-fetched, and that of the corporeal dissection supposed is hardly intelligible. Further, the "dividing" of the bodily parts spoken of in the text (whether an illustration or a further process) does not suggest the separation of one part from another, since a sword does not divide the joints or the limbs (whichever be meant by apathy) from the marrow, though it may penetrate both. We may explain thus: It is well known that St. Paul divides man's complex nature into body, soul, and spirit - σῶμα ψυχὴ πνεῦμα (<a href="/1_thessalonians/5-23.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:23</a>). His bodily organization (σῶμα) is not apparently here under consideration, except in regard to the figure of the sword; the ψυχὴ is his animal life or soul, the seat (so to speak) of his sensations, and of his natural affections and desires; his πνεῦμα is the more Divine part of his nature, in virtue of which he has a conscience, aspires after holiness, apprehends spiritual mysteries, holds communion with God, and is influenced by the Divine Spirit. The idea, then, is that, as a very keen sword not only cuts through the joints dividing bone from bone, but also through the bones themselves into the marrow within them, so the Word of God penetrates and discloses not,, . only. the ψοχὴ but the πνεῦμα too, "piercing through soul and spirit, yea [with reference to the illustration used] through both joints [or, 'limbs'] and marrow." Ebrard, taking ἁρμῶν in the sense of "limbs" (a sense in which the word is used, though that of "joints" is its proper and more usual one), regards these and the "marrow" as corresponding respectively to the ψυχὴ and the νεπῦμα: the ψυχὴ being understood as "something lying deep in man, the πνεῦμα lying still deeper." Thus as a very trenchant sword cuts through, not only the limbs, but also the marrow within them, so the Word of God penetrates, not only that part of human consciousness which is expressed by ψυχὴ, but also that deeper and more inward part which is expressed by πνεῦμα. But the general sense of the passage is plain enough without our supposing this strict analogy to have been intended. Expositors, in their analysis of the meaning of passages, may often detect more than the author thought cf. On κριτικὸς ἐνθυμήσεων (translated "a discerner of"), cf. <a href="/1_corinthians/14-24.htm">1 Corinthians 14:24, 25</a>, where the effects of the Word of God, brought to bear through the gift of prophecy on one without the gift entering into a congregation of prophesying Christians, are thus described: "he is convinced of all, he is judged [rather, 'examined,' 'scrutinized,' ἀνακρίνεται] of all; the secrets of his heart are made manifest; and so falling down on his face he will worship God, and report that God is in you [or, 'among you'] of a truth." So searching and judicial is the power of the Word of God, that it reaches and discloses the inmost depths of a man's consciousness - discloses them to himself, and, though he should resist, leaves him without escape, exposed and judged. <a href="/commentaries/hebrews/4-11.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>Let us, therefore, make every effort Σπουδάσωμεν (Spoudasōmen) Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 1st Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4704.htm">Strong's 4704: </a> To hasten, be eager, be zealous. From spoude; to use speed, i.e. To make effort, be prompt or earnest. to enter εἰσελθεῖν (eiselthein) Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active <a href="/greek/strongs_1525.htm">Strong's 1525: </a> To go in, come in, enter. From eis and erchomai; to enter. that ἐκείνην (ekeinēn) Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1565.htm">Strong's 1565: </a> That, that one there, yonder. From ekei; that one (neuter) thing); often intensified by the article prefixed. rest, κατάπαυσιν (katapausin) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2663.htm">Strong's 2663: </a> From katapauo; reposing down, i.e. abode. so that ἵνα (hina) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2443.htm">Strong's 2443: </a> In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that. no μὴ (mē) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_3361.htm">Strong's 3361: </a> Not, lest. A primary particle of qualified negation; not, lest; also (whereas ou expects an affirmative one) whether. one τις (tis) Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5100.htm">Strong's 5100: </a> Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object. will fall πέσῃ (pesē) Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4098.htm">Strong's 4098: </a> A reduplicated and contracted form of peto; probably akin to petomai through the idea of alighting; to fall. by [following] ἐν (en) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. the τῷ (tō) Article - Dative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. same αὐτῷ (autō) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Neuter 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. pattern ὑποδείγματι (hypodeigmati) Noun - Dative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_5262.htm">Strong's 5262: </a> (a) a figure, copy, (b) an example, model. From hupodeiknumi; an exhibit for imitation or warning. of disobedience. ἀπειθείας (apeitheias) Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_543.htm">Strong's 543: </a> Willful unbelief, obstinacy, disobedience. 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