Hebrews 12:8

And if ye are without chastening, of which all have become participants, then ye are bastards, and not sons.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

7Because of chastening ye endure; God is treating you as with sons, for what son is there whom a father does not chasten?

9Besides, we indeed have had chastisers--the fathers of our flesh--and we were turned around. Shall we not much more be subordinate to the Father of the spirits, and we will live?

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Cross References

Psalms 73:1Surely God is good to Israel, to such as are pure in heart.

Hebrews 12:6For whom Lord loves he chastens. And he whips every son whom he receives.

Matthew Henry on Hebrews 12:5-18

The Benefit of Afflictions; The Use of Afflictions; Cautions against Apostasy. ( a. d. 62.) 4 Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin. 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. 7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father… Read the whole commentary →

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