Hebrews 10:35-39

10:35 So do not throw away your confidence, because it ¹  has great reward. 10:36 For you need endurance in order to do God’s will and so receive what is promised. ²  10:37 For just a little longer ³  and he who is coming will arrive and not delay. ⁴  10:38 But my righteous one will live by faith, and if he shrinks back, I ⁵  take no pleasure in him. ⁶  10:39 But we are not among those who shrink back and thus perish, but are among those who have faith and preserve their souls. ⁷ 

¹ tn Grk “which,” but showing the reason.

² tn Grk “the promise,” referring to the thing God promised, not to the pledge itself.

³ sn A quotation from Isa 26:20.

⁴ sn A quotation from Hab 2:3.

⁵ tn Grk “my soul.”

⁶ sn A quotation from Hab 2:4.

⁷ tn Grk “not…of shrinking back to perdition but of faith to the preservation of the soul.”