Discovery BoxHebrews 10:34-38 
Context10:34 For in fact you shared the sufferings of those in prison, 1 and you accepted the confiscation of your belongings with joy, because you knew that you certainly 2 had a better and lasting possession. 10:35 So do not throw away your confidence, because it 3 has great reward. 10:36 For you need endurance in order to do God’s will and so receive what is promised. 4 10:37 For just a little longer 5 and he who is coming will arrive and not delay. 6 10:38 But my righteous one will live by faith, and if he shrinks back, I 7 take no pleasure in him. 8
1 tc Most witnesses, including some important ones (א D2 1881 Ï), read δεσμοῖς μου (desmoi" mou, “my imprisonment”) here, a reading that is probably due to the widespread belief in the early Christian centuries that Paul was the author of Hebrews (cf. Phil 1:7; Col 4:18). It may have been generated by the reading δεσμοῖς without the μου (so Ì46 Ψ 104 pc), the force of which is so ambiguous (lit., “you shared the sufferings with the bonds”) as to be virtually nonsensical. Most likely, δεσμοῖς resulted when a scribe made an error in copying δεσμίοις (desmioi"), a reading which makes excellent sense (“[of] those in prison”) and is strongly supported by early and significant witnesses of the Alexandrian and Western texttypes (A D* H 6 33 81 1739 lat sy co). Thus, δεσμίοις best explains the rise of the other readings on both internal and external grounds and is strongly preferred.
2 tn Grk “you yourselves.”
3 tn Grk “which,” but showing the reason.
4 tn Grk “the promise,” referring to the thing God promised, not to the pledge itself.
5 sn A quotation from Isa 26:20.
6 sn A quotation from Hab 2:3.
7 tn Grk “my soul.”
