36You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.
37For, “In just a little while, he who is coming will come and will not delay.” Isaiah 26:20; Hab. 2:3
38And, “But my righteous Some manuscripts But the righteous one will live by faith. And I take no pleasure in the one who shrinks back.” Hab. 2:4 (see Septuagint)39But we do not belong to those who shrink back and are destroyed, but to those who have faith and are saved.