Hebrews 10:39
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.”
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“But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.”
King James Version · Public Domain“But we are not of them that shrink back unto perdition; but of them that have faith unto the saving of the soul.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and we are not of those drawing back to destruction, but of those believing to a preserving of soul.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Hebrews 10:39 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 15:11“I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from following Me and has not carried out My instructions.” And Samuel was distressed and cried out to the LORD all that night.
- Psalms 44:18Our hearts have not turned back; our steps have not strayed from Your path.
- Proverbs 1:32For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.
- Proverbs 14:14The backslider in heart receives the fill of his own ways, but a good man is rewarded for his ways.
- Mark 16:16Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
- Luke 11:26Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and dwell there. And the final plight of that man is worse than the first.”
- John 3:15that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.
- John 5:24Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life.
- John 6:40For it is My Father’s will that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”
- John 17:12While I was with them, I protected and preserved them by Your name, the name You gave Me. Not one of them has been lost, except the son of destruction, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled.
- John 20:31But these are written 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 16:30Then he brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
- Romans 10:9that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:9For God has not appointed us to suffer wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:3Let no one deceive you in any way, for it will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness—the son of destruction—is revealed.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:12in order that judgment may come upon all who have disbelieved the truth and delighted in wickedness.
- 1 Timothy 6:9Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.
- Hebrews 6:6and then have fallen away—to be restored to repentance, because they themselves are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting Him to open shame.
- Hebrews 10:26If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains,
- Hebrews 11:1Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see.
- 1 Peter 1:5who through faith are shielded by God’s power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.
- 2 Peter 3:7And by that same word, the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
- 1 John 5:5Who then overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.
- 1 John 5:16If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he should ask God, who will give life to those who commit this kind of sin. There is a sin that leads to death; I am not saying he should ask regarding that sin.
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