35 So do not throw away your confidence;(A) it will be richly rewarded.

36 You need to persevere(B) so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.(C) 37 For,

“In just a little while,
    he who is coming(D) will come
    and will not delay.”[a](E)

38 And,

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

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 10:37 Isaiah 26:20; Hab. 2:3
  2. Hebrews 10:38 Some early manuscripts But the righteous
  3. Hebrews 10:38 Hab. 2:4 (see Septuagint)

35 So do not throw away your confidence, because it[a] has great reward. 36 For you need endurance in order to do God’s will and so receive what is promised.[b] 37 For just a little longer[c] and he who is coming will arrive and not delay.[d] 38 But my righteous one will live by faith, and if he shrinks back, I[e] take no pleasure in him.[f] 39 But we are not among those who shrink back and thus perish, but are among those who have faith and preserve their souls.[g]

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 10:35 tn Grk “which,” but showing the reason.
  2. Hebrews 10:36 tn Grk “the promise,” referring to the thing God promised, not to the pledge itself.
  3. Hebrews 10:37 sn A quotation from Isa 26:20.
  4. Hebrews 10:37 sn A quotation from Hab 2:3.
  5. Hebrews 10:38 tn Grk “my soul.”
  6. Hebrews 10:38 sn A quotation from Hab 2:4.
  7. Hebrews 10:39 tn Grk “not…of shrinking back to perdition but of faith to the preservation of the soul.”