Hebrews 10:38 · Major
My Righteous One and a Correction Layer
Codex H preserves correction history in a quotation about faith.
Thesis: Codex H matters in Hebrews 10:38 because it shows μου, 'my,' present in the original apparatus reading and then deleted by a corrector; it is apparatus-significant without changing the call to live by faith.
Hebrews 10:38 quotes the line about the righteous one living by faith. Codex H is important because it preserves a correction layer around the word 'my.'
The extracted line also lacks SBLGNT's final 'in him.' The row matters for the apparatus, not because it changes the chapter's call to endurance.
Where the verse sits: do not shrink back
The verse comes at the end of Hebrews 10, where the writer warns against shrinking back and prepares for the faith examples of Hebrews 11.
The disputed wording appears in the quotation that contrasts living by faith with drawing back.
What Codex H changes: my is corrected and in him is absent
The apparatus shows μου, 'my,' in the original reading and struck or deleted by a corrector.
The extracted line also lacks SBLGNT's final 'in him.' The audit notes that the later correction hand differs from the firsthand evidence.
The verse with and without the change: Hebrews 10:38 preserves a corrected my
Without the corrected/extracted Codex H shape: My righteous one will live by faith, and if he shrinks back, my soul takes no pleasure in him.
With the corrected/extracted Codex H shape: The righteous one will live by faith, and if he shrinks back, my soul takes no pleasure.
Book and chapter context: faith before the faith chapter
Hebrews 10:38 leads directly into the famous description of faith in Hebrews 11.
That makes the wording important, because it frames the movement from warning to faithful endurance.
Scholarship snapshot: correction history, not a flat reading
The audit stresses that the original reading and later correction must be separated. Public writing should not flatten them into one simple 'Codex H reads' claim.
The row is apparatus-significant and low risk doctrinally.
What this adds: a manuscript can show debate in miniature
Codex H shows how a manuscript can preserve both a reading and a correction.
For readers, that is valuable because it makes the apparatus feel less abstract. The note is a record of transmission, not a theory in the air.
Synthesis: the call to faith remains
The pronoun and final phrase affect the shape of the quotation.
The passage still calls believers to live by faith rather than shrink back. Codex H adds correction history to that reading.