Hebrews 12:8 - Forerunner Commentary

Hebrews 12:8

6 For ^awhom the Lord loves He chastens,
And scourges every son whom He receives.”

7 ^aIf¹ you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what ^bson is there whom a father does not chasten?

8 But if you are without chastening, ^aof which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate and not sons.

9 Furthermore, we have had human fathers who corrected us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much more readily be in subjection to ^athe Father of spirits and live?

10 For they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed best to them, but He for our profit, ^athat we may be partakers of His holiness.

11 Now no¹ chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields ^athe peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

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12 Therefore ^astrengthen the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees,

13 and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed.

Verse Comparison: Hebrews 12:8

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American Standard Version
But if ye are without chastening, whereof all have been made partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.

Amplified® Bible
Now if you are exempt from correction {and} left without discipline in which all [of God's children] share, then you are illegitimate offspring {and} not true sons [at all].

Contemporary English Version
God corrects all of his children, and if he doesn't correct you, then you don't really belong to him.

Darby English Version
But if ye are without chastening, of which all have been made partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.

Good News Bible
If you are not punished, as all his children are, it means you are not real children, but bastards.

International Standard Version
Now if you are without any discipline, in which all sons share, then you are illegitimate and not his sons.

King James Version
But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.

New American Standard Bible
But if you are without discipline, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate children and not sons.

New International Version
If you are not disciplined (and everyone undergoes discipline), then you are illegitimate children and not true sons.

New King James Version
But if you are without chastening, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate and not sons.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
But if you have no discipline, of which all have become partakers, then you seem more like illegitimate children and not sons.

Young's Literal Translation
and if ye are apart from chastening, of which all have become partakers, then bastards are ye, and not sons.

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