Charles Ellicott Commentary Hebrews 4:6

"Seeing therefore it remaineth that some should enter thereinto, and they to whom the good tidings were before preached failed to enter in because of disobedience," — Hebrews 4:6 (ASV)

The substance of the preceding verses may be expressed as follows: There is a rest of God, into which some are to enter with God. This rest was not yet entered at the time of the wandering in the wilderness and, therefore, was not the rest that followed the work of creation. Furthermore, it was a rest from which some were excluded because of unbelief.

These five particulars are repeated in substance in the present verse: “Seeing, therefore, it is (still) left that some should enter in, and those to whom the good news was formerly declared did not enter because of disobedience, He again,” and so on. “Disobedience”—though Hebrews 4:2 speaks of unbelief as the cause (see Note on Hebrews 3:18). In John 3:36, the transition from “believeth” to “obeyeth” is equally striking.