"For yet a little while, and the coming one shall come and shall not tarry; but my righteous one shall live by faith, and if he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him."

St. Paul's Letter to the Hebrews 10:35-39; 11:1-7

BRETHREN, do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward. For
you have need of endurance, so that you may do the will of God and
receive what is promised. "For yet a little while, and the coming
one shall come and shall not tarry; but my righteous one shall live
by faith, and if he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in
him." But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of
those who have faith and keep their souls. Now faith is the assurance
of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. For by it
the men of old received divine approval. By faith we understand that
the world was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was
made out of things which do not appear. By faith Abel offered to God a
more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he received
approval as righteous, God bearing witness by accepting his gifts; he
died, but through his faith he is still speaking. By faith Enoch was
taken up so that he should not see death; and he was not found, because
God had taken him. Now before he was taken he was attested as having
pleased God. And without faith it is impossible to please him. For
whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he
rewards those who seek him. By faith Noah, being warned by God concerning
events as yet unseen, took heed and constructed an ark for the saving of
his household; by this he condemned the world and became an heir of
the righteousness which comes by faith.