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Hebrews 10:38

Hebrews 10:38
Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.

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Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Now the just shall live by faith - This is a part of the quotation from Habakkuk Hab 2:3-4, which was probably commenced in the previous verse; see the passage fully explained in the notes on Rom…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Now the just shall live by faith - Ὁ δε δικαιος εκ πιστεως ζησεται· But the just by faith, i.e. he who is justified by faith, shall live - shall be preserved when this overflowing scourge shall come.…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Hebrews 10:19-39

I. Here the apostle sets forth the dignities of the gospel state. It is fit that believers should know the honours and privileges that Christ has procured for them, that, while they take the comfort,…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Now the just shall live by faith The true reading here (though not in the Hebrew) perhaps is, "But myrighteous one shall live by faith" (as in א, A, K), and this is all the more probable because the…