Hebrews 4

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 4:11

Let us therefore do our diligence ( σπουδάσωμεν , so translated in A.V. 2 Timothy 4:9 , 2 Timothy 4:21 ) 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 tide same example." πίπτειν ἐν has undoubtedly the sense of "to... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 4:11-13

Success. I. THE EXHORTATION TO EARNEST ENDEAVOR TO AVOID FAILURE AND SECURE SUCCESS . The believers to whom these words were addressed were halting between two opinions. The question was whether they should go back to the synagogue and the temple, and thus evade trial, or go forward in the brave and successful profession of Jesus Christ, and each should say, "Let no man trouble me: for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus." No other subjects could approach... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 4:12

Characteristics of the sacred Scriptures. "For the Word of God is quick and powerful," etc. We take "the Word of God" here as meaning the sacred Scriptures, and the text as presenting to our notice several characteristics of them. I. THE VITALITY OF GOD 'S WORD . "The Word of God is quick," or, "living." Sometimes the written Word is spoken of as a "dead letter;" but with at least equal propriety it may be spoken of as a "living Word." "The Word of God, which liveth and... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 4:12

Characteristics of the Word of God. What is the connection with the context? Is it not this that the Word of God, living and abiding forever ( 1 Peter 1:23 ), stands in its constant living relation to every generation of men? So far as we are essentially in the position of that generation which came out of Egypt, so far as we have Divine promises before us the conditions of which we may neglect, so far are we the objects of the same Word of God. Essentially the same Divine visitation,... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 4:12-13

The power of the Divine Word. The writer urges here that if the Word of God condemned the unbelieving Jews in the Sinaitic desert, it will judge and condemn us also, should we prove unfaithful. The original reference is, of course, not to the written Word; but, in applying the passage to ourselves, we can think only of the promises and warnings of Holy Scripture. I. A DESCRIPTION OF THE WORD OF GOD . ( Hebrews 4:12 ) The representation is very vivid and impressive. The... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 4:12-16

The Word of God discovering, the great High Priest delivering from, the apostate's sin. This completes the argument in this section ( Hebrews 3:1-19 . and 4) on the sin of apostasy. Having brought his readers face to face with the awful peril of departure from the Son of God, we might suppose the writer had reached the limit of the subject. But not so; he goes on to say that this sin and doom may be true of some whose defection is hidden in the heart. But he cannot relinquish the subject... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 4:13

Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight; but all things are naked and laid open unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do. The main difficulty in this verse is as to the meaning of the word τετραχηλισμένα (translated "laid open"). The verb τραχηλίζω (which occurs nowhere else in the New Testament or LXX ., but is, with its compound ἐκτραχηλίζω , not uncommon in Philo and Josephus) has in classical Greek the sense of "seizing by the throat," or... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 4:13

The omniscience of God. "Neither is there any creature that is not manifest," etc. I. THE UNIVERSALITY OF GOD 'S KNOWLEDGE , "There is no creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things," etc. All created things, high and low, great and small, visible and invisible, are comprehended in this word "creature." "His understanding is infinite." Nothing is too great for his comprehension; nothing too small for his notice ( Psalms 1:1-6 :11); nothing too hidden for... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 4:14

To the interposed minatory warning of the three preceding verses now succeeds encouragement, based on the view, which has been now a second time led up to, of Christ being our great High Priest, who can both sympathize and succor. The passage answers closely in thought to the conclusion of Hebrews 2:1-18 ., and might naturally have followed there; but that, before taking up the subject of Christ's priesthood, the writer had another line of thought to pursue, leading up (as has been... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 4:14

A summons to steadfastness. "Seeing then that we have a great High Priest," etc. I. THE DUTY TO WHICH WE ARE SUMMONED . "Let us hold fast our confession," i.e. of the Christian faith. 1. Danger of renouncing this confession is implied. We have already pointed out that these Hebrew Christians were in considerable peril in this respect. £ This danger arises 2. Effort to retain this compression is enjoined. "Let us hold fast our confession." This includes: ... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 4:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 4:11-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 4:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 4:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 4:12-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 4:12-16

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 4:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 4:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 4:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 4:14

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