Hebrews 10:38 “Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. 39 But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.”
In this present life (“Now”), “the just shall live by faith”. The “just” are the “elect of God” (Colossians 3:12) who were “justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus” (Romans 3:24). Furthermore, “the just”, being called to Spiritual Life by the Holy Spirit, give evidence of their justification by their behavior in this present life. To “live by faith” is to faithfully obey the Lord, worship the Lord, and serve the Lord no matter what disadvantages, tribulations, obstacles, persecutions, and sufferings may lay in our path. Some may get discouraged and fall away into error, give in to worldly enticements, and some may even follow false doctrines; but, “the just” give evidence of their justification by declaring, “as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD” (Joshua 24:15)!