Hebrews 12:7
5 And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you.
6 For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.”
Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?
8 If you do not experience discipline like everyone else, then you are illegitimate children and not true sons.
9 Furthermore, we have all had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them. Should we not much more submit to the Father of our spirits and live?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?
- KJV
- If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
- WEB
- It is for discipline that you endure. God deals with you as with children, for what son is there whom his father doesn’t discipline?
- ASV
- It is for chastening that ye endure; God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is there whom [his] father chasteneth not?
- DARBY
- Ye endure for chastening, God conducts himself towards you as towards sons; for who is the son that the father chastens not?
- BLB
- [It is] for discipline [that] you⁺ endure; God is treating you⁺ as sons; for what son [is there] whom [his] father does not discipline?
- ÅB
- Det er for tuktens skyld at dere tåler lidelser; Gud gjør med dere som med sønner. For hvem er den sønn som hans far ikke tukter?
- OTB
- Hold ut vanskeligheter som tukt; Gud handler med dere som med barn. For hvilken sønn er det som en far ikke tukter?
- B1930
- Det er for tuktens skyld at I tåler lidelser; Gud gjør med eder som med sønner. For hvem er den sønn som hans far ikke tukter?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 19:18
Discipline your son, for in that there is hope; do not be party to his death.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 8:5
So know in your heart that just as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you.
Read in contextProverbs 13:24
He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently.
Read in contextProverbs 29:15
A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.
Read in contextProverbs 29:17
Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will bring delight to your soul.
Read in contextProverbs 23:13–14
Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
Read in context2 Samuel 7:14
I will be his Father, and he will be My son. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men.
Read in contextJob 34:31–32
Suppose someone says to God, ‘I have endured my punishment; I will offend no more.
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