Hebrews 10:38
but, “The righteous will live by faith; and if he may draw back, My soul has no pleasure in him.”
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
In Context
37“For yet [in] a very, very little [while], He who is coming will come, and will not linger,”
39But we are not of those drawing back to destruction, but of those believing to a preserving of soul.
Cross References
Psalms 5:4For You [are] not a God desiring wickedness, || Evil does not inhabit You.
Psalms 147:11YHWH is pleased with those fearing Him, || With those waiting for His kindness.
Isaiah 42:1Behold, My servant, I take hold on Him, || My Chosen One—My soul has accepted, I have put My Spirit on Him, || He brings forth judgment to nations.
Ezekiel 18:24And in the turning back of the righteous from his righteousness, || And he has done perversity, || According to all the abominations || That the wicked has done, || Does he then live? All his righteous deeds that he has done are not remembered, || For his trespass that he has trespassed, || And for his sin that he has sinned, || For them he dies.
Zephaniah 1:6And those removing from after YHWH, || And who have not sought YHWH, nor implored Him.”
Matthew 12:18“Behold, My Servant, whom I chose, || My Beloved, in whom My soul delighted, || I will put My Spirit on Him, || And He will declare judgment to the nations;
Matthew Henry on Hebrews 10:20-39
The Consecrated Way; Cautions against Apostasy; Perseverance Inculcated. ( a. d. 62.) 19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, 20 By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; 21 And having a high priest over the house of God; 22 Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. 23 Let us hold fast the… Read the whole commentary →