Hebrews 10:35-39 KJV

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 10:35-36

Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompense of reward. For ye have need of patience (or, endurance) , that, having done the will of God, ye may receive the promise ; or, doing the will of God, ye may receive, etc. The aorist participle ποιήσαντες does not of necessity express priority to the receiving (cf. Hebrews 6:15 , μακροθυμήσας ἐπέτυχε ). The meaning is that by endurance in doing the will they would receive. The full and final enjoyment of what... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 10:35-37

Christian fidelity and its reward. "Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath," etc. We have in our text— I. A GREAT REWARD PROMISED . "Great recompense of reward.... Ye might receive the premise." By "the promise" is meant here, not the promise itself, but the blessings promised; not the word of promise, for this they had already, but the good things which that word assured unto them. By the recompense of reward and the promised blessings we understand one and the same... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 10:36

Something to do and something to wait for. I. SOMETHING IN THE PAST . "Having done the will of God." The writer did not hereby mean that his readers had done all the will of God; he simply recognized the fact that they had complied with the will of God in Christ Jesus as far as that will had been made known in distinct words and could be complied with in distinct acts. Jesus had been proclaimed to them as the Christ; they had accepted him as such fully and practically; they had... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 10:37-38

For yet a little (rather, very little ) while, and he that cometh will come, and will not tarry. But the just shall live by faith: and if he draw back, my soul hath no pleasure in him. In these verses, after the manner of the Epistle, what is being urged is supported by an Old Testament quotation ( Habakkuk 2:3 , Habakkuk 2:4 ), its drift being (1) the certainty, notwithstanding delay, of the fulfillment of the Divine promise; (2) the necessity meanwhile of continuance in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 10:38

Life by faith. "Now the just shall live by faith." In this place our text means that by persevering faith the righteous man would be saved fully and to the end. He who continued in the exercise of faith would be kept safely amidst all dangers and all temptations to apostasy, and inherit the recompense of reward, But we propose to regard the text as the statement of a general truth of the Christian life, as St. Paul uses it in Romans 1:17 ; Galatians 3:11 . Thus viewed, it presents to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 10:39

But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe unto the saving of the soul ; literally, not of the drawing back unto … but of faith unto, etc. Thus, once more before proceeding to the subject now before him, the writer is careful to disclaim any real expectation of defection in his readers, and with delicacy he includes himself with them by his use of the nominative plural. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 10:39

The just man, his character and safety. I. THE CHARACTER OF THE JUST MAN . It was inevitable, in an Epistle to Jewish Christians, that there should be some reference to that Pharisaic righteousness which consisted in a conformity to certain ritual regulations. There was the man just after the Pharisee fashion, because of his scrupulosity in ceremonial observances; and there was the man just in the sight of God, because he believed in God and showed his faith by his works.... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 10:35

Cast not away therefore your confidence - Greek “your boldness;” referring to their confident hope in God. They were not to cast this away, and to become timid, disheartened, and discouraged. They were to bear up manfully under all their trials, and to maintain a steadfast adherence to God and to his cause. The command is not to “cast this away.” Nothing could take it from them if they trusted in God, and it could be lost only by their own neglect or imprudence. Rosenmuller supposes (Alte und... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 10:36

For ye have need of patience - They were then suffering, and in all trials we have need of patience. We have need of it because there is in us so much disposition to complain and repine; because our nature is liable to sink under sufferings; and because our trials are often protracted. All that Christians can do in such cases is to be patient - to lie calmly in the hands of God, and submit to his will day by day, and year by year; see James 1:3-4; notes, Romans 5:4.That after ye have done the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 10:37

For yet a little while - There seems to be an allusion here to what the Saviour himself said, “A little while, and ye shall not see me; and again, a little while and ye shall see me;” John 16:16. Or more probably it may be to Habakkuk 2:3. “For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not he: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.” The idea which the apostle means to convey evidently is, that the time of their deliverance... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 10:35-36

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 10:35-37

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 10:36

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 10:37-38

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 10:38

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 10:39

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 10:39

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 10:35

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 10:36

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Hebrews 10:37

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