Hebrews 12:7
5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
8 But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of 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
Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 8:5
Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.
Read in contextProverbs 13:24
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
Read in contextProverbs 29:15
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
Read in contextProverbs 29:17
Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.
Read in contextProverbs 23:13–14
Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
Read in context2 Samuel 7:14
I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:
Read in contextJob 34:31–32
Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more:
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