Parallel Verses
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.
New American Standard Bible
But
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
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.
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.
Themes
Apostasy » Guilt and punishment of
Apostates » Guilt and punishment of
Seven » Example of steadfastness » Paul, in finishing his course
Stability » Seven notable examples of » Paul, in finishing his course
Steadfastness » Seven notable examples of » Paul, in finishing his course
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Devotionals
Devotionals containing Hebrews 10:39
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Word Count of 37 Translations in Hebrews 10:39
Prayers for Hebrews 10:39
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Serious Warning Against Continuing Deliberate Sin
38 But my righteous one will live by faith, and if he shrinks back, my soul is not well pleased with him." 39 But we are not among those who shrink back to destruction, but among those who have faith to the preservation of [our] souls.
Cross References
1 Samuel 15:11
"I regret that I made Saul king, for he has turned back from following me and has not kept my word." {Samuel became angry}, and he cried out to Yahweh all night.
Psalm 44:18
Our heart has not turned back, and our steps have [not] turned aside from your way.
Proverbs 1:32
for the waywardness of the simple ones will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.
Proverbs 14:14
From his ways, the perverse of heart will be satisfied, and {from his own}, [so shall] a good man.
Mark 16:16
The one who believes and is baptized will be saved, but the one who refuses to believe will be condemned.
Luke 11:26
Then it goes and brings along seven other spirits more evil than itself, and [they] go in [and] live there. And the last [state] of that person becomes worse than the first!"
John 3:15-16
so that everyone who believes in him will have eternal life."
John 5:24
Truly, truly I say to you that the one who hears my word and who believes the one who sent me has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life.
John 6:40
For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks at the Son and believes in him would have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day."
John 17:12
When I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given to me, and guarded [them], and none of them has perished except the son of destruction, in order that the scripture would be fulfilled.
John 20:31
but these [things] are recorded in order that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that [by] believing you may have life in his name.
Acts 16:30-31
And he brought them outside [and] said, "Sirs, what must I do so that I can be saved?"
Romans 10:9-10
that if you confess with your mouth "Jesus [is] Lord" and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
1 Thessalonians 5:9
because God did not appoint us for wrath, but for the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
2 Thessalonians 2:3
Do not let anyone deceive you in any way, for [that day will not come] unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction,
2 Thessalonians 2:12-14
in order that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth, but delighted in unrighteousness.
1 Timothy 6:9
But those who want to be rich fall into temptation and a trap and many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge those people into ruin and destruction.
Hebrews 6:6-9
and having fallen away, to renew [them] again to repentance, [because they] have crucified again for themselves the Son of God and held him up to contempt.
Hebrews 10:26
For [if] we keep on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,
Hebrews 11:1
Now faith is the realization of what is hoped for, the proof of things not seen.
1 Peter 1:5
who are being protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time,
2 Peter 3:7
But by the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly people.
1 John 5:5
Now who is the one who conquers the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
1 John 5:16
If anyone should see his brother sinning a sin not [leading] to death, he should ask, and he will grant life to him, to those who sin not [leading] to death. ([There] is a sin [leading] to death; I do not say that he should ask about that.
Jude 1:12-13
These are the ones feasting together without reverence, hidden reefs at your love feasts, caring for themselves, waterless clouds carried away by winds, late autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, uprooted,
Revelation 17:8
The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is going to come up from the abyss, and he is going to destruction. And those who live on the earth, whose names are not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, will be astonished [when they] see the beast that was, and is not, and will be present.
Revelation 17:11
And the beast that was, and is not, is also himself an eighth, and is of the seven, and he is going to destruction.