Hebrews 10:39

But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849
But we are not the children of withdrawing.

Shepherd of Hermas

AD 150
And you see that not a single one of them repented, although they heard the words which I spake to them, which I enjoined upon you. From such life departed.

Thomas Aquinas

AD 1274
536. – After exhorting them by frightening reasons to cling to Christ by faith, hope and charity, the Apostle now gives pleasing reasons, as a good physician after cutting applies soothing lotions. For of all commendations for doing good, there is one which best stimulates a person to persevere in a good work already begun. For virtue praised acquires an immense drive, and glory is a strong stimulus. In regard to this he does two things: first, he recalls the good things they had done; secondly, he urges them to finish what still remains (v. 35). In regard to the first he does three things: first, he recalls in a general way the tribulations they suffered for the faith; secondly, he describes the kinds of tribulations (v. 33); thirdly, he explains these in detail (v. 34). 537. – Therefore, because past success stimulates a person to do better, just as bad fortune on the contrary leads to despair, he recalls their past good deeds, saying, but recall: ‘I have remembered you’ (Jer. 2:2...

Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation - 2 Peter 1:20

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