Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
But my just man, he that liveth according to the doctrine I have taught, liveth by faith, which is the groundwork and foundation of a good life.
But if he withdraw himself, and fall from this faith of Christ, he shall not please my soul. It is a Hebrew way of speaking, and as it were in the person of God. (Witham)
Luther and Calvin teach that faith alone is sufficient for justification, and they define this faith to be an assured confidence that their sins are forgiven them wholly by Christ's passion. No text, however, in Scripture teaches that a man is justified by faith only. In Romans, (ii.) Luther makes St. Paul say that a man is justified by faith only, without the works of the law: the authorized Protestant version has omitted the word only, foisted into the German translations. Solifidians vainly cite this text, as its obvious meaning is, that neither the works of the written law, done by the Jew, nor the works of the law of nature, done by the Gentile, before either of them b...
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.
