“Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.”
'My righteous one shall live by faith; but if he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him' — the quotation of Habakkuk 2:4 (in the LXX) contains the pivotal word of Hebrews: faith (pistis). Live by faith (zēsetai ek pisteōs) means that the righteous one's life flows from trust in God. Shrink back (hypostello) indicates spiritual retreat; God finds no pleasure (eudokeō) in the apostate.
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