Hebrews 12:10 - Forerunner Commentary

Hebrews 12:10

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 12:10

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American Standard Version
For they indeed for a few days chastened `us' as seemed good to them; but he for `our' profit, that `we' may be partakers of his holiness.

Amplified® Bible
For [our earthly fathers] disciplined us for only a short period of time {and} chastised us as seemed proper {and} good to them; but He disciplines us for our certain good, that we may become sharers in His own holiness.

Contemporary English Version
Our human fathers correct us for a short time, and they do it as they think best. But God corrects us for our own good, because he wants us to be holy, as he is.

Darby English Version
For they indeed chastened for a few days, as seemed good to them; but he for profit, in order to the partaking of his holiness.

Good News Bible
Our human fathers punished us for a short time, as it seemed right to them; but God does it for our own good, so that we may share his holiness.

International Standard Version
For a short time they disciplined us as they thought best, but he does it for our good, so that we may share in his holiness.

King James Version
For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.

New American Standard Bible
For they disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them, but He {disciplines us} for {our} good, so that we may share His holiness.

New International Version
Our fathers disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, that we may share in his holiness.

New King James Version
For they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed best to them, but He for our profit, that we may be partakers of His holiness.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
For they disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them, but He disciplines us for our good, so that we may share His holiness.

Young's Literal Translation
for they, indeed, for a few days, according to what seemed good to them, were chastening, but He for profit, to be partakers of His separation;

New English Translation
For they disciplined us for a little while as seemed good to them, but he does so for our benefit, that we may share his holiness.

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