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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 do not throw away this confident trust in the Lord. Remember the great reward it brings you! 36 Patient endurance is what you need now, so that you will continue to do God’s will. Then you will receive all that he has promised.

37 “For in just a little while,
    the Coming One will come and not delay.
38 And my righteous ones will live by faith.[a]
    But I will take no pleasure in anyone who turns away.”[b]

39 But we are not like those who turn away from God to their own destruction. We are the faithful ones, whose souls will be saved.

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Footnotes

  1. 10:38 Or my righteous ones will live by their faithfulness; Greek reads my righteous one will live by faith.
  2. 10:37-38 Hab 2:3-4.