1 Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.



Ver. 1. Let us fear] With a fear not of diffidence, but of diligence. {See Trapp on "Php_2:12"} {See Trapp on "1Co_10:12"}



Lest a promise] Some render it thus, Lest we should seem to fall short of the promise that is left us, &c. But where is that promise left us, may some say? It is closely couched in the former commination, Heb_3:18. God sware that unbelievers should not enter, and therefore intimates a promise that believers shall enter. A bee can suck sweet honey out of bitter thyme, so cannot a fly do.



To come short of it] To come lag and late, õóôåñçêåíáé , when the gate is shut, the drawbridge taken up, as those foolish virgins, or as lazy race runners, or as those that come a day after the fair, an hour after the feast, and so are frustrated.