Hebrews 12:8

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

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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

In Context

7Persevere under discipline. God dealeth with you as with his sons; for what son is there, whom the father doth not correct?

9Moreover we have had fathers of our flesh, for instructors, and we reverenced them: shall we not much more obey the Father of spirits, and live?

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Cross References

Psalms 73:1A psalm for Asaph. How good is God to Israel, to them that are of a right heart!

Hebrews 12:6For whom the Lord loveth, he chastiseth; and he scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

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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