Hebrews 12:6 BSB — MannaFest

Hebrews 12:6

For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, And scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

KJV

For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

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Commentary

5 voices

Origen of Alexandria

SELECTIONS FROM EXODUS 127 (253)

"I will punish with the rod" your saints; "I will visit with a whip their sins." Why? So that "I may not take my mercy from them." For when he leaves someone, he no longer punishes or whips them, since he does not whip everyone, but "every son the Lord receives."

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The Church Fathers1 voice

Basil of Caesarea

HOMILIES ON THE PSALMS 16.1 (PSALM 33) (379)

In truth, tribulations are, for those well prepared, like certain foods and exercises for athletes which lead the contestant on to the hereditary glory, if, when reviled, we bless; if when maligned, we entreat; if ill-treated, we give thanks; if afflicted, we glory in our afflictions. It is indeed shameful for us to bless on propitious occasions but be silent on dark and difficult ones. On the contrary, we must bless even more at that time, knowing that "the Lord disciplines him whom he loves and chastises every son whom he receives."

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

(4.) To be suffered to go on in sin without a rebuke is a sad sign of alienation from God; such are bastards, not sons. They may call him Father, because born in the pale of the church; but they are the spurious offspring of another father, not of God,

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth - Here is the reason why we should neither neglect correction, nor faint under it: it is a proof of the fatherly love of God Almighty, and shows his most gracious designs towards us; from which we may be fully convinced that the affliction will prove the means of good to our souls, if we make a proper use of it. And scourgeth every son whom he receiveth - Μαστιγοι δε παντα υἱον, ὁν παραδεχεται.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

(Re 3:19.) and--Greek, "yea and," "and moreover"; bringing out an additional circumstance. scourgeth--which draws forth "blood" (Heb 12:4). receiveth--accepts.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ὃν	hon	Whom	G3739 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
ἀγαπᾷ	agapa	He loves	G25 →
κύριος,	kurios	[the] Lord	G2962 →
παιδεύει,	paideuei	disciplines,	G3811 →
μαστιγοῖ	mastigoi	He scourges	G3146 →
δὲ	de	now	G1161 →
πάντα	panta	every	G3956 →
υἱὸν	huion	son	G5207 →
ὃν	hon	whom	G3739 →
παραδέχεται.	paradechetai	He receives.	G3858 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Proverbs 3:12
for the LORD disciplines the one He loves, as does a father the son in whom he delights.
leads to
- Revelation 3:19
  Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 8:5
  So know in your heart that just as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you.
Through
Proverbs 13:24
He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently.
leads to
- Proverbs 29:17
  Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will bring delight to your soul.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Proverbs 23:13–14
  Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
Through
Revelation 3:19
Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.
leads to
- Proverbs 3:11–12
  My son, do not reject the discipline of the LORD, and do not loathe His rebuke;
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 Corinthians 11:32
  But when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the world.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Hebrews 12:5–11
  And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Job 5:17
  Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.

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Where the connections lead

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The walk

Related verses

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About Hebrews