Parallel Verses

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 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."

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 But my righteous one will live by faith, and if he shrinks back, I take no pleasure in him. 39 But we are not among those who shrink back and thus perish, but are among those who have faith and preserve their souls.

Cross References

1 Samuel 15:11

"I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from me and has not done what I told him to do." Samuel became angry and he cried out to the Lord all that night.

Psalm 44:18

We have not been unfaithful, nor have we disobeyed your commands.

Proverbs 1:32

For the waywardness of the simpletons will kill them, and the careless ease of fools will destroy them.

Proverbs 14:14

The backslider will be paid back from his own ways, but a good person will be rewarded for his.

Mark 16:16

The one who believes and is baptized will be saved, but the one who does not believe will be condemned.

Luke 11:26

Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there, so the last state of that person is worse than the first."

John 3:15-16

so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life."

John 5:24

"I tell you the solemn truth, the one who hears my message and believes the one who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned, but has crossed over from death to life.

John 6:40

For this is the will of my Father -- for everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him to have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day."

John 17:12

When I was with them I kept them safe and watched over them in your name that you have given me. Not one of them was lost except the one destined for destruction, so that the scripture could be fulfilled.

John 20:31

But these are recorded so 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

Then he brought them outside and asked, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"

Romans 10:9-10

because if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

1 Thessalonians 5:9

For God did not destine us for wrath but for gaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Thessalonians 2:3

Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not arrive until the rebellion comes and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction.

2 Thessalonians 2:12-14

And so all of them who have not believed the truth but have delighted in evil will be condemned.

1 Timothy 6:9

Those who long to be rich, however, stumble into temptation and a trap and many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.

Hebrews 6:6-9

and then have committed apostasy, to renew them again to repentance, since they are crucifying the Son of God for themselves all over again and holding him up to contempt.

Hebrews 10:26

For if we deliberately keep on sinning after receiving the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins is left for us,

Hebrews 11:1

Now faith is being sure of what we hope for, being convinced of what we do not see.

1 Peter 1:5

who by God's power are protected 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 have been reserved for fire, by being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.

1 John 5:5

Now who is the person who has conquered the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

1 John 5:16

If anyone sees his fellow Christian committing a sin not resulting in death, he should ask, and God will grant life to the person who commits a sin not resulting in death. There is a sin resulting in death. I do not say that he should ask about that.

Jude 1:12-13

These men are dangerous reefs at your love feasts, feasting without reverence, feeding only themselves. They are waterless clouds, carried along by the winds; autumn trees without fruit -- twice dead, uprooted;

Revelation 17:8

The beast you saw was, and is not, but is about to come up from the abyss and then go to destruction. The inhabitants of the earth -- all those whose names have not been written in the book of life since the foundation of the world -- will be astounded when they see that the beast was, and is not, but is to come.

Revelation 17:11

The beast that was, and is not, is himself an eighth king and yet is one of the seven, and is going to destruction.

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