38 But my righteous one will live by faith,
    and if he shrinks back, my soul is not well pleased with him.”[a]

39 But we are not among those who shrink back to destruction, but among those who have faith to the preservation of our souls.

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  1. Hebrews 10:38 A quotation from Hab 2:3–4

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