Hebrews 10:39

³⁷ For, “In just a little while, He who is coming will come and will not delay.

³⁸ But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, I will take no pleasure in him.”

But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.
KJV: But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
WEB: But we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the saving of the soul.
ASV: But we are not of them that shrink back unto perdition; but of them that have faith unto the saving of the soul.
DARBY: But *we* are not drawers back to perdition, but of faith to saving [the] soul.
BLB: But we are not of [those] shrinking back to destruction, but of faith to the preserving [of] the soul.

ÅB: Men vi er ikke av dem som unddrager seg til fortapelse, vi er av dem som tror til sjelens frelse.
OTB: Men vi er ikke blant dem som trekker seg tilbake og blir ødelagt, men blant dem som har tro og bevarer sine sjeler.
B1930: Men vi er ikke av dem som unddrager sig til fortapelse, vi er av dem som tror til sjelens frelse.

1 John 5:5
Who then overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.
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1 Peter 1:5
who through faith are shielded by God’s power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.
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Mark 16:16
Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
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2 Thessalonians 2:12–14
in order that judgment may come upon all who have disbelieved the truth and delighted in wickedness.
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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.
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2 Peter 3:7
And 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.
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1 John 5:16
If 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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Hebrews 11:1
Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see.
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