Hebrews 12:7

Endure unto chastisement; God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom the father does not chastise?

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?

In Context

6for whom the Lord loves he chastises, and scourges every son whom he receives.

8And if you are without chastisement, of which all have been partakers, then are you bastards, and not sons.

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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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