Hebrews 10:39
But we are not of those drawing back to destruction, but of those believing to a preserving of soul.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
38but, “The righteous will live by faith; and if he may draw back, My soul has no pleasure in him.”
Cross References
1 Samuel 15:11“I have regretted that I caused Saul to reign for king, for he has turned back from after Me, and he has not performed My words”; and it is displeasing to Samuel, and he cries to YHWH all the night.
Proverbs 1:32For the turning of the simple slays them, || And the security of the foolish destroys them.
Mark 16:16he who has believed and has been immersed will be saved; and he who has not believed will be condemned.
John 3:15that everyone who is believing in Him may not perish, but may have continuous life,
John 6:40and this is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who is beholding the Son, and is believing in Him, may have continuous life, and I will raise him up in the last day.”
John 20:31and these have been written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing, you may have life in His Name.
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 →