Hebrews 10:39

Hebrews 10:39 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
• New International Version (NIV)But we do not belong to those who shrink back and are destroyed, but to those who have faith and are saved.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But we are not of those who draw back to perdition, but of those who believe to the saving of the soul.

Context of Hebrews 10:39

37For yet a little while, and he that is coming will come, and will not tarry. 38Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man shall draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. But we are not of them who draw back to perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.

Hebrews 10:39 word by word

ἡμεῖς δὲ οὐκ ἐσμὲν ὑποστολῆς εἰς ἀπώλειαν ἀλλὰ πίστεως εἰς περιποίησιν ψυχῆς.¶Read the interlinear

• Butδέde · thenG1161
• weἡμεῖςhēmeis · weG2249
• areἐσμένesmen · we areG2070
• notοὐou · noG3756
• backὑποστολήhupostolē · shrinkingG5289
• toεἰςeis · towardG1519
• perditionἀπώλειαapōleia · destructionG684
• butἀλλάalla · butG235
• believeπίστιςpistis · faithG4102
• savingπεριποίησιςperipoiēsis · acquiringG4047
• soulψυχήpsuchē · soulG5590

Cross-references for Hebrews 10:39

• Hebrews 6:6If they shall fall away, to renew them again to repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
• 1 Samuel 15:11I repent that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried to the LORD all night.
• Psalms 44:18Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;
• Proverbs 1:32For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
• Proverbs 14:14The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.
• Luke 11:26Then he goeth, and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first.
• 1 John 5:16If any man shall see his brother sin a sin which is not to death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not to death. There is a sin to death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.
• Jude 1:12These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about by winds; late autumn trees, without fruit, twice dead, plucked out by the roots;
• Hebrews 10:26For if we sin wilfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
• John 17:12While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest to me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:3Let no man deceive you by any means: forthat day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
• 1 Timothy 6:9But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
• 2 Peter 3:7But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved to fire for the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
• Revelation 17:8The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
• Hebrews 11:1Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
• Mark 16:16He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.

Commentaries on Hebrews 10:39

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 39But we are not of them who draw back - ̔ - · "We are not the cowards, but the courageous." I have no doubt of this being the meaning of the apostle, and the form of speech requires such a translation; it occurs more than once in the New Testament. So, Galatians 3:7; : ̔ , they who are of the faith, rather the faithful, the believers; Romans 3:26; : ̔ , the believer; Romans 2:8; : ̔ , the contentious; in all which places the learned reader will find that…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 39But we are not of them … - We who are true Christians do not belong to such a class. In this the apostle expresses the fullest conviction that none of those to whom he wrote would apostatize. The case which he had been describing was only a supposable case, not one which he believed would occur. He had only been stating what “must” happen if a sincere Christian should apostatize. But he did not mean to say that this “would” occur in regard to them. or in…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 32-39Verses 32-39 Many and various afflictions united against the early Christians, and they had a great conflict. The Christian spirit is not a selfish spirit; it puts us upon pitying others, visiting them, helping them, and pleading for them. All things here are but shadows. The happiness of the saints in heaven will last for ever; enemies can never take it away as earthly goods. This will make rich amends for all we may lose and suffer here. The greatest…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 39The author concludes this section by expressing confidence in the listeners (see study note on Hebrews 6:9).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3939. A Pauline elegant turning-off from denunciatory warnings to charitable hopes of his readers (Ro 8:12). saving of the soul--literally, "acquisition (or obtaining) of the soul." The kindred Greek verb is applied to Christ's acquiring the Church as the purchase of His blood (Ac 20:28). If we acquire or obtain our soul's salvation, it is through Him who has obtained it for us by His bloodshedding. "The unbelieving man loses his soul: for not being God's…Read the comment

Topics related to Hebrews 10:39

• Apostasy
• Backsliders
• Faith

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Commentaries on Hebrews 10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings