Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Backsliding » Results of » Divine displeasure
But my righteous one will live by faith, and if he shrinks back, my soul is not well pleased with him."
For if, [after they] have escaped from the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and they are again entangled in these [things] [and] succumb to [them], the last [state] has become worse for them than the first.
Faith/faithfulness » Who shall live by faith
But my righteous one will live by faith, and if he shrinks back, my soul is not well pleased with him."
Look! His spirit within him is puffed up; it is not upright. But the righteous shall live by his faithfulness.
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For the righteousness of God is revealed in it from faith to faith, just as it is written, "But the one who is righteous by faith will live."
Now [it is] clear that no one is justified in the sight of God by the law, because "the one who is righteous will live by faith."
Justification » Justification by faith
By faith Abel offered to God a greater sacrifice than Cain, by which he was approved that he was righteous, [because] God approved [him] for his gifts, and through it he still speaks, [although he] is dead.
and may be found in him, not having my righteousness [which is] from the law, but [which is] through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God on the basis of faith,
Therefore, [because we] have been declared righteous by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
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But my righteous one will live by faith, and if he shrinks back, my soul is not well pleased with him."
Look! His spirit within him is puffed up; it is not upright. But the righteous shall live by his faithfulness.
For what does the scripture say? "And Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him for righteousness."
Just as Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him for righteousness,
Pleasure » Who cannot please God
Now without faith [it is] impossible to please [him], for the one who approaches God must believe that he exists and is a rewarder of those who seek him.
and those who are in the flesh are not able to please God.
For you have need of endurance, in order that [after you] have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised. For yet "a very, very little [while], [and] the one who is coming will come and will not delay. But my righteous one will live by faith, and if he shrinks back, my soul is not well pleased with him."