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38 But [a]my righteous one shall live by faith:
And if he shrink back, my soul hath no pleasure in him.

39 But we are not [b]of them that shrink back unto perdition; but of them that have faith unto the [c]saving of the soul.

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  1. Hebrews 10:38 Some ancient authorities read the righteous one.
  2. Hebrews 10:39 Greek of shrinking back . . . but of faith.
  3. Hebrews 10:39 Or, gaining

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)