“For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.”
for anyone who enters God's rest also rests from their works, just as God did from his — the condition for entering rest is ceasing from one's own works, mirroring God's cessation from his creative labors. This is not idleness but the peace that comes from abandoning self-reliance and resting entirely in God's completed work.
Church Fathers on Hebrews 4:10
However it is not he who spoke thus, but what? Hebrews 4:10, “For he that is entered into his rest, he also has ceased from his own works, as God [did] from His.” As God ceased from His works, he says, so he that has entered into His rest [has ceased]. For since his discourse to them was concerning rest, and they were desirous to hear when this would be, he concluded the argument with this. And [he said] “Today,” that they might never be without hope. “Exhort one another…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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