Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

But we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the preserving of the soul.

King James Version

But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.

Holman Bible

But we are not those who draw back and are destroyed, but those who have faith and obtain life.

International Standard Version

Now, we do not belong to those who turn back and are destroyed, but to those who have faith and are saved.

A Conservative Version

But we are not of retreat for destruction, but of faith for the preservation of the soul.

American Standard Version

But we are not of them that shrink back unto perdition; but of them that have faith unto the saving of the soul.

Amplified

But our way is not that of those who shrink back to destruction, but [we are] of those who believe [relying on God through faith in Jesus Christ, the Messiah] and by this confident faith preserve the soul.

An Understandable Version

But we are not like those people who turn back and are destroyed, but like those who have faith [in God] and obtain the salvation of their souls.

Anderson New Testament

But we are not of those who draw back to perdition; but of those who believe to the saving of the soul.

Bible in Basic English

But we are not of those who go back to destruction; but of those who have faith even to the salvation of the soul.

Common New Testament

But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and keep their souls.

Daniel Mace New Testament

as for us, we are not such as desert to their own destruction; but such as persevere in the faith, to the saving of our souls.

Darby Translation

But we are not drawers back to perdition, but of faith to saving the soul.

Godbey New Testament

But we are not of the drawing back unto perdition; but of faith unto the salvation of the soul.

Goodspeed New Testament

But we will not draw back and perish, but we will have faith and save our souls.

John Wesley New Testament

But we are not of them who draw back to perdition, but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.

Julia Smith Translation

And we are not of drawing down to perdition; but of faith to the acquisition of the soul.

King James 2000

But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.

Lexham Expanded Bible

But we are not among those who shrink back to destruction, but among those who have faith to the preservation of [our] souls.

Modern King James verseion

But we are not of those withdrawing to destruction, but of those who believe to the preserving of the soul.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

We are not which withdraw ourselves unto damnation, but pertain to faith, to the winning of the soul.

Moffatt New Testament

We are not the men to shrink back and be lost, but to have faith and so to win our souls.

Montgomery New Testament

"But we are not of defections unto perdition, but of faith unto the gaining of the soul."

NET Bible

But we are not among those who shrink back and thus perish, but are among those who have faith and preserve their souls.

New Heart English Bible

But we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the saving of the soul.

Noyes New Testament

But we are not of those who draw back, unto perdition; but of those who believe, to the saving of the soul.

Sawyer New Testament

But we are not of those who draw back to perdition, but of faith to the saving of the soul.

The Emphasized Bible

We, however, are not of a drawing back unto destruction, but, of faith, unto an acquisition of life.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

But we are not of those who turn back unto perdition; but of those who believe to the salvation of the soul.

Twentieth Century New Testament

But we do not belong to those who draw back, to their Ruin, but to those who have faith, to the saving of their souls.

Webster

But we are not of them who draw back to perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.

Weymouth New Testament

But we are not people who shrink back and perish, but are among those who believe and gain possession of their souls.

Williams New Testament

But we are not of a disposition to draw back so as to perish, but we have faith that leads to the saving of the soul.

World English Bible

But we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the saving of the soul.

Worrell New Testament

But we are not of those who draw back to destruction; but of those who believe to the saving of the soul.

Worsley New Testament

But we are not of those who withdraw to perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.

Youngs Literal Translation

and we are not of those drawing back to destruction, but of those believing to a preserving of soul.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
But
δέ 
De 
but, and, now, then, also, yet, yea, so, moreover, nevertheless, for, even, , not tr
Usage: 2184

we
ἡμεῖς 
hemeis 
we, us, we ourselves
Usage: 120

are
ἐσμέν 
Esmen 
Usage: 50

not
οὐ 
Ou 
not, no, cannot ,
Usage: 1032

ὑποστολή 
Hupostole 
Usage: 1

εἰς 
Eis 
into, to, unto, for, in, on, toward, against,
Usage: 1267

ἀπώλεια 
Apoleia 
Usage: 18

but
ἀλλά 
Alla 
but, yea, yet, nevertheless, howbeit, nay, therefore, save, not tr,
Usage: 461

πίστις 
Pistis 
Usage: 221

to
εἰς 
Eis 
into, to, unto, for, in, on, toward, against,
Usage: 1267

the saving
περιποίησις 
Peripoiesis 
Usage: 5

Devotionals

Devotionals containing Hebrews 10:39

References

Fausets

Hastings

Morish

Images Hebrews 10:39

Prayers for Hebrews 10:39

Context Readings

A Serious Warning Against Continuing Deliberate Sin

38 Now the just shall live by faith, but if any man draws back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. 39 But we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the preserving of the soul.

Cross References

1 Samuel 15:11

It grieves me that I have set up Saul to be king, for he has turned back from following me and has not performed my commandments. And it incensed Samuel, and he cried unto the LORD all night.

Psalm 44:18

Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way

Proverbs 1:32

For the rest of the ignorant shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

Proverbs 14:14

The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways, and the good man shall be separated from him.

Mark 16:16

He that believes and is baptized shall be saved, but he that believes not shall be condemned.

Luke 11:26

Then he goes, and takes unto 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.

John 3:15-16

that whosoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

John 5:24

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that hears my word and believes him that sent me has eternal life and shall not come into judgment but has passed from death unto life.

John 6:40

And this is the will of him that sent me, That every one who sees the Son and believes in him may have eternal life, and I will raise him up in the last day.

John 17:12

While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name; those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition, that the scripture might be fulfilled.

John 20:31

but these are written that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing ye might have life in his name.

Acts 16:30-31

and brought them out and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?

Romans 10:9-10

that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus and shalt believe in thine heart that God has raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

1 Thessalonians 5:9

For God has not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain saving health by our Lord Jesus Christ,

2 Thessalonians 2:3

Let no one deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come except there come a falling away first and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition,

2 Thessalonians 2:12-14

that they all might be condemned who did not believe the truth, but consented to the iniquity.

1 Timothy 6:9

For those that desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition.

Hebrews 6:6-9

and have backslidden, be renewed again by repentance, crucifying again for themselves the Son of God and putting him to an open shame.

Hebrews 10:26

For if we sin wilfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more sacrifice for sins,

Hebrews 11:1

Faith, therefore, is the substance of things waited for, the evidence of things not seen.

1 Peter 1:5

who are kept in the virtue of God by faith, to attain unto the saving health which is made ready to be manifested in the last time.

2 Peter 3:7

but the heavens, which are now, and the earth are conserved by the same word, kept unto the fire in the day of judgment and of perdition of the ungodly men.

1 John 5:5

Who is he that overcomes the world, but he that believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

1 John 5:16

If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask God, and he shall give him life that is, unto those that do not sin unto death. There is sin unto death, for which I do not say that you should pray.

Jude 1:12-13

These are spots in your banquets of charity, feeding themselves without any fear whatsoever: clouds without water, carried to and fro of the winds; trees withered as in fall, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;

Revelation 17:8

The beast that thou sawest was, and is not, and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and shall go into perdition; and those that dwell on the earth shall wonder (whose names are 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.

Revelation 17:11

And the beast that was, and is not, is also the eighth king, and is of the seven, and goes into perdition.

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