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The Lexham Context Commentary: New Testament surveys each book of the New Testament at several levels—Book, Division, Section, Pericope, Paragraph, and Unit—providing contextually appropriate commentary on each level. The reader of the commentary can easily ascertain the contextual importance of any larger section, or pericope, or even a particular verse of Scripture.

(4:11–13) This paragraph draws this small portion of the letter (4:1–4:13) to a conclusion in two parts. First, it reiterates the exhortation to readers to strive for God’s rest. This rest, and the OT background of Ps 95 and earlier Israelite generations, has been the focus of this portion of the letter—and of the final paragraph in chapter 3 as well. Second, this little paragraph offers a perspective on Scripture that frames not only the immediate context of the rest exhortation
Hebrews 4:11–13