Hebrews 12:8 · KJV
“But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.”
— Hebrews 12:8
If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
Furthermore 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?
Hebrews 12 — Context
For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
7If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
8But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
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?
10For they verily for a few days chastened {us} after their own pleasure; but he for {our} profit, that {we} might be partakers of his holiness. {after...: or, as seemed good, or, meet to them}
Cross References
Hebrews 12:6
For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
1 Peter 5:9-10
Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.
Psalms 73:1
[A Psalm of Asaph.] Truly God {is} good to Israel, {even} to such as are of a clean heart. {of: or, for} {Truly: or, Yet} {of...: Heb. clean of heart}
Psalms 73:14-15
For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning. {chastened: Heb. my chastisement was}