Ibrani 10:36-39

10:36 For you need endurance in order to do God’s will and so receive what is promised. ¹  10:37 For just a little longer ²  and he who is coming will arrive and not delay. ³  10:38 But my righteous one will live by faith, and if he shrinks back, I ⁴  take no pleasure in him. ⁵  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. ⁶ 

[10:36]  ¹ tn Grk “the promise,” referring to the thing God promised, not to the pledge itself.

[10:37]  ² sn A quotation from Isa 26:20.

[10:37]  ³ sn A quotation from Hab 2:3.

[10:38]  ⁴ tn Grk “my soul.”

[10:38]  ⁵ sn A quotation from Hab 2:4.

[10:39]  ⁶ tn Grk “not…of shrinking back to perdition but of faith to the preservation of the soul.”