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38 But my righteous one will live by faith, and if he shrinks back, I[a] take no pleasure in him.[b] 39 But we are not among those who shrink back and thus perish, but are among those who have faith and preserve their souls.[c]

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  1. Hebrews 10:38 tn Grk “my soul.”
  2. Hebrews 10:38 sn A quotation from Hab 2:4.
  3. Hebrews 10:39 tn Grk “not…of shrinking back to perdition but of faith to the preservation of the soul.”

38 And,

“But my righteous[a] one will live by faith.(A)
    And I take no pleasure
    in the one who shrinks back.”[b](B)

39 But we do not belong to those who shrink back and are destroyed, but to those who have faith and are saved.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 10:38 Some early manuscripts But the righteous
  2. Hebrews 10:38 Hab. 2:4 (see Septuagint)