Let us therefore give diligence (σπουδασωμεν ουν). Volitive subjunctive aorist of σπουδαζω, old verb to hasten ([Reference 2 Timot…

Let us labour therefore. Let us earnestly strive. Since there is a rest whose attainment is worth all our efforts; since so many have fail…

Labour.—Rather, give diligence, strive earnestly. It is the necessity of watchful and constant faithfulness that is enfor…

Let us not repeat the story of unbelieving Israel in our own lives, let us not live and die in the wilderness, but let us go in and take possession…

It is possible that this verse should be attached to the preceding paragraph, but it seems preferable to see it as introducing an exhortation based…

Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest
Not eternal rest; this is not to be entered into now; nor is an entr…

Observe the proposed end: spiritual and eternal rest; the rest of grace here, and glory hereafter; in Christ on earth, with Christ in heaven. After…

Having cited two authorities—one from Genesis 2 and the other from Psalm 94—and drawn his conclusion from the second authority, the Psalm, the Apos…