Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.

Let us ... therefore - seeing such a promise is before us.

Labour, [ spoudasoomen (G4704)] - 'strive diligently.'

That rest - still future and so glorious. Or (cf. Hebrews 4:10), 'that rest into which Christ has entered before' (Hebrews 4:14; Hebrews 6:20).

Fall - with the soul; not merely the body, as the rebel Israelites fell (Hebrews 3:17).

After the same example - `lest any fall into [ en (G1722): in the sphere of] such disobedience [practical unbelief: apeitheias (G543)] as they gave a sample of' (Grotius) The Jews say, 'the parents are a sign (warning) to the son.'

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