Hebrews 12:7 BSB — MannaFest

Hebrews 12:7

Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

It is for chastening that ye endure; God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father chasteneth not?

KJV

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

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Commentary

4 voices

Theodoret of Cyrus

INTERPRETATION OF HEBREWS 12 (458)

Fathers are in the habit of disciplining their true children, and if they see them caned by the teachers, they do not worry; they see the fruit coming from the discipline. But they despise illegitimate children and do not accord them equal attention. So if …

The record, by era

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

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

If ye endure chastening - That is, if you undergo, or are called to experience correction. It does not mean here, “if you endure it patiently; or if you bear up under it;” but “if you are chastised or corrected by God.” The affirmation does not relate to the manner of bearing it, but to the fact that we are disciplined. God dealeth with you as with sons - He does not cast you off and regard you as if you were in no way related to him.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

In Heb 12:7, 8 the need of "chastening" or "discipline" is inculcated; in Heb 12:9, the duty of those to whom it is administered. If--The oldest manuscripts read, "With a view to chastening (that is, since God's chastisement is with a view to your chastening, that is, disciplinary amelioration) endure patiently"; so Vulgate.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
εἰς	eis	As	G1519 →
παιδείαν	paideian	discipline	G3809 →
ὑπομένετε,	hupomenete	endure,	G5278 →
ὡς	hōs	as	G5613 →
υἱοῖς	huiois	sons	G5207 →
ὑμῖν	humin	you	G4771 →
προσφέρεται	prospheretai	is treating	G4374 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
θεός·	theos	God;	G2316 →
τίς	tis	what	G5101 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
υἱὸς	huios	son [is there]	G5207 →
ὃν	hon	whom	G3739 →
οὐ	ou	not	G3756 →
παιδεύει	paideuei	disciplines	G3811 →
πατήρ;	patēr	[his] father?	G3962 →

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

The walk

The walk8

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 13:24
He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently.
leads to
- Proverbs 23:13–14
  Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Proverbs 29:15
  A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Proverbs 22:15
  Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
  Reached by 4 independent paths from here.
- 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 19:18
  Discipline your son, for in that there is hope; do not be party to his death.
Through
Proverbs 19:18
Discipline your son, for in that there is hope; do not be party to his death.
leads to
- Proverbs 13:24
  He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
Through
Proverbs 29:15
A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.
leads to
- Proverbs 10:1
  The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Deuteronomy 8:5
So know in your heart that just as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you.
leads to
- Revelation 3:19
  Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.

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02Original language & word study

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Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About Hebrews

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Hebrews