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35 Therefore, do not throw away that (A)confidence of yours, which has a great (B)reward. 36 For you have need of (C)endurance, so that when you have (D)done the will of God, you may (E)receive the promise.

37 (F)For yet in a very little while,
(G)He who is coming will come, and will not delay.
38 (H)But My righteous one shall live by faith,
And if he shrinks back, My soul has no pleasure in him.

39 But [a]we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the [b]preserving of the soul.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 10:39 Lit we are not of shrinking back...but of faith
  2. Hebrews 10:39 Or possessing

35 So don’t throw away your confidence—it brings a great reward. 36 You need to endure so that you can receive the promises after you do God’s will.

37 In a little while longer,
    the one who is coming will come and won’t delay;
38 but my righteous one will live by faith,
    and my whole being won’t be pleased with anyone who shrinks back.[a]

39 But we aren’t the sort of people who timidly draw back and end up being destroyed. We’re the sort of people who have faith so that our whole beings are preserved.

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