⚓WEB · Hebrews 10:39
What does Hebrews 10:39 mean?
"But we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the saving of the soul."
— Hebrews 10:39 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
For you need endurance so that, having done the will of God, you may receive the promise.
“In a very little while, he who comes will come, and will not wait.
But the righteous will live by faith. If he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him.”
But we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the saving of the soul.
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