Hebrews 4:1 (YLT)

Passage

We may fear, then, lest a promise being left of entering into His rest, any one of you may seem to have come short,

Nearby Context

Hebrews 4:1 We may fear, then, lest a promise being left of entering into His rest, any one of you may seem to have come short,

Hebrews 4:2 for we also are having good news proclaimed, even as they, but the word heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard,

Hebrews 4:3 for we do enter into the rest--we who did believe, as He said, `So I sware in My anger, If they shall enter into My rest--;' and yet the works were done from the foundation of the world,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "fear", "lest", "promise", "left", "entering", "rest", "seem", and "come". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "fear" and "lest", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The next verse adds "for we also are having good news...", so "fear" and "lest" should be read forward into that movement. In Hebrews context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "fear" and "lest" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.