Hebrews 12:8

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

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In Context

7If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?

9Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?

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Cross References

Psalms 73:1Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.

Hebrews 12:6For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and 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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