“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.
Church Fathers on Hebrews 10:38
Hebrews 10:38 “Now the just” (he says) “shall live by faith, but if any man draw back, My soul shall have no pleasure in him.” This is a great encouragement when one shows that they have succeeded in the whole matter and are losing it through a little indolence. Hebrews 10:39 “But we are not of them that draw back unto perdition, but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.”
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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