Hebrews 10:38

Now the just by my faith, will live: but if he draw back, my soul will not have pleasure in him.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

37Because, yet a little,and it is a very little time,when he that cometh, will come, and will not delay.

39But we are not of that drawing-back, which leadeth to perdition; but of that faith, which maketh us possess our soul.

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Cross References

Matthew 12:18Behold my servant, in whom I have complacency; my beloved, in whom my soul delighteth. I will put my spirit upon him; and he shall proclaim judgment to the Gentiles.

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 →

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