Hebrews 10:38

Easy To Read Version

The person who is right with me (God)\par will have life because of his faith.\par But if that person turns back \{in fear\},\par I will not be pleased with him.” {\cf2\super [142]} \par \i (Habakkuk 2:3-4)\i0 \par

Cross References

2 Samuel 22:22

Why? Because I obeyed the Lord! I did not sin against my God.

Psalm 147:11

The Lord is happy with people\par who worship him.\par The Lord is pleased with people\par who trust in his true love.\par

Psalm 149:4

The Lord is happy with his people.\par God did a wonderful thing for his humble people.\par He saved them!\par

Psalm 5:4

God, you don’t like evil \{people near you\}.\par Evil people can’t worship you. {\cf2\super [23]} \par

Psalm 85:8

I heard what the Lord God said.\par He said there would be peace\par for his people and loyal followers.\par So they must not go back to their foolish\par way of living.\par

Isaiah 42:1

“Look at my Servant!\par I support him.\par He is the one I chose.\par And I am very pleased with him.\par I put my Spirit in him.\par He will judge the nations fairly.\par

Ezekiel 18:24

“Now, maybe a good man might stop being good. He might change his life and begin to do all the terrible things that bad person had done in the past. (That bad person changed, so he can live!) So if that good person changes and becomes bad, then God won’t remember all the good things that person did. God will remember that that man turned against him and began to sin. So that man will die because of his sin.”

Ezekiel 3:20

“Or maybe a good man will stop being good. I might put something in front of him that causes him to fall (sin). He will start to do bad things, so he will die. He will die because he is sinning and you did not warn him. I will make you responsible for his death. And people won’t remember all the good things he did.

Ezekiel 33:13

“Maybe I will tell a good person that he will live. But maybe that good person will begin to think that the good things he did in the past will save him. So he might begin to do bad things. But I won’t remember the good things he did in the past! No, he will die because of the bad things he begins to do.

Habakkuk 2:4

This message can’t help people that refuse to listen to it. But a \{good person will believe this message. And the\} good person will live because of his faith.”

Zephaniah 1:6

Some people turned away from the Lord. They quit following me. Those people stopped asking the Lord for help. So I will remove those people from that place.”

Malachi 1:10

“Surely, some of you priests could close the temple doors and light the fires correctly. I am not pleased with you. I will not accept your gifts.” The Lord All-Powerful said these things.

Matthew 12:18

“Here is my servant;\par I (God) have chosen him.\par I love him, and I am pleased with him;\par I will put my Spirit {\cf2\super [166]} on him,\par and he will judge the nations fairly.\par

Matthew 13:21

But that person does not let the teaching go deep into his life. He keeps that teaching only a short time. When trouble or persecution {\cf2\super [183]} comes because of the teaching he accepted, then he quickly quits.

Romans 1:17

The Good News shows how God makes people right with himself. God’s way of making people right begins and ends with faith. Like the Scripture {\cf2\super [11]} says, “The person that is right with God by faith will live forever.” {\cf2\super [12]}

Galatians 3:11

So it is clear that no person can be made right with God by the law. \{The Scriptures say,\} “The person who is right with God by faith will live forever.” {\cf2\super [30]}

1 Thessalonians 2:15

Those Jews killed the Lord Jesus. And they killed the prophets. {\cf2\super [9]} And those Jews forced us to leave that country (Judea). God is not pleased with them. They are against all people.

Hebrews 10:39

But we are not those people who turn back and are lost. No. We are the people who have faith and are saved.

James 5:6

You showed no mercy to good people. They were not against you, but you killed them.

1 John 2:19

Those enemies of Christ were in our group. But they left us. They did not really belong with us. If they were really part of our group, then they would have stayed with us. But they left. This shows that none of them really belonged with us.