Hebrews 10:38 BSB — MannaFest

Hebrews 10:38

But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, I will take no pleasure in him.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

But my righteous one shall live by faith: And if he shrink back, my soul hath no pleasure in him.

KJV

Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.

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Commentary

1 voice

Eusebius of Caesarea

PROOF OF THE GOSPEL 6.14 (339)

And here it is clearly foretold that that one will come whom prophecy says will come. Who could this be but he who is referred to in the words, "Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord, the Lord God also has shone upon us"? With which also Zechariah agrees, when he says, "Behold a man, the Dawn is his name, and he shall rise from below." The same prophet too, noting the time, adds, "At eventide it shall be light. If he delays, wait for him."

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

Shall live - In God's favour, a spiritual and holy life. By faith - As long as he retains that gift of God. But if he draw back - If he make shipwreck of his faith My soul hath no pleasure in him - That is, I abhor him;

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Now the just shall live by faith - Ὁ δε δικαιος εκ πιστεως ζησεται· But the just by faith, i.e. he who is justified by faith, shall live - shall be preserved when this overflowing scourge shall come. See this meaning of the phrase vindicated, Rom 1:17. And it is evident, both from this text, and Gal 3:11, that it is in this sense that the apostle uses it.

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 891: “The Vital Force” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1869)

SEE here the germ of the Christian's life! See, too, how it blooms, blossoms and bears! But observe it is not said the just shall live for his faith, or because of the merit of his believing in God. This were to place the Christian virtually under the Old Covenant of Law. To confuse faith with works would be, indeed, to bring us back to the old bondage of the first dispensation.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ὁ	ho	The one	G3588 →
δὲ	de	however	G1161 →
δίκαιός	dikaios	righteous	G1342 →
μου	mou	of Mine	G3165 →
ἐκ	ek	by	G1537 →
πίστεως	pisteōs	faith	G4102 →
ζήσεται·	zēsetai	will live;	G2198 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἐὰν	ean	if	G1437 →
ὑποστείληται,	huposteilētai	he shall shrink back,	G5288 →
οὐκ	ouk	not	G3756 →
εὐδοκεῖ	eudokei	takes pleasure	G2106 →
ἡ	hē	the	G3588 →
ψυχή	psuchē	soul	G5590 →
μου	mou	of Mine	G3165 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
αὐτῷ.	autō	him.	G846 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Romans 1:17
For the gospel reveals the righteousness of God that comes by faith from start to finish, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”
leads to
- Habakkuk 2:4
  Look at the proud one; his soul is not upright—but the righteous will live by faith—
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Galatians 3:11
  Now it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because, “The righteous will live by faith.”
- Philippians 3:9
  and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God on the basis of faith.
- Hebrews 11:6–7
  And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.
- Romans 9:30
  What then will we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith;
Through
Habakkuk 2:4
Look at the proud one; his soul is not upright—but the righteous will live by faith—
leads to
- Romans 1:17
  For the gospel reveals the righteousness of God that comes by faith from start to finish, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Galatians 3:11–12
  Now it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because, “The righteous will live by faith.”
- Galatians 2:16
  know that a man is not justified by works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have believed in Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by faith in…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Hebrews

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Hebrews