Hebrews 12:8

If therefore ye be without correction, whereof al are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sonnes.

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

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

In Context

7If ye endure chastening, God offereth him selfe vnto you as vnto sonnes: for what sonne is it whom the father chasteneth not?

9Moreouer we haue had the fathers of our bodies which corrected vs, and we gaue them reuerence: should we not much rather be in subiection vnto the father of spirites, that we might liue?

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Cross References

Psalms 73:1A Psalme committed to Asaph. Yet God is good to Israel: euen, to the pure in heart.

Hebrews 12:6For whom the Lord loueth, he chasteneth: and he scourgeth euery sonne that he receiueth:

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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