Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Hebrews 4:1

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1. Let us . . . fear —not with slavish terror, but godly "fear and trembling" ( :- ). Since so many have fallen, we have cause to fear ( :- ). being left us —still remaining to us after the others have, by neglect, lost it. his rest —God's heavenly rest, of which Canaan is the type. "To-day" still continues, during which there is the danger of failing to reach the rest. "To-day," rightly used, terminates in the rest which, when once obtained, is never lost ( :- ). A foretaste of the rest Is given in the inward rest which the believer's soul has in Christ. should seem to come short of it — Greek, "to have come short of it"; should be found, when the great trial of all shall take place [ALFORD], to have fallen short of attaining the promise. The word "seem" is a mitigating mode of expression, though not lessening the reality. BENGEL and OWEN take it, Lest there should be any semblance or appearance of falling short. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-2" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

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