“My son, do not scorn 1 the Lord’s discipline
or give up when he corrects 2 you.
12:6 “For the Lord disciplines the one he loves and chastises every son he accepts.” 3
12:7 Endure your suffering 4 as discipline; 5 God is treating you as sons. For what son is there that a father does not discipline? 12:8 But if you do not experience discipline, 6 something all sons 7 have shared in, then you are illegitimate and are not sons. 12:9 Besides, we have experienced discipline from 8 our earthly fathers 9 and we respected them; shall we not submit ourselves all the more to the Father of spirits and receive life? 10
1 tn Or “disregard,” “think little of.”
2 tn Or “reproves,” “rebukes.” The Greek verb ἐλέγχω (elencw) implies exposing someone’s sin in order to bring correction.
3 sn A quotation from Prov 3:11-12.
4 tn Grk “endure,” with the object (“your suffering”) understood from the context.
5 tn Or “in order to become disciplined.”
6 tn Grk “you are without discipline.”
7 tn Grk “all”; “sons” is implied by the context.
8 tn Grk “we had our earthly fathers as discipliners.”
9 tn Grk “the fathers of our flesh.” In Hebrews, “flesh” is a characteristic way of speaking about outward, physical, earthly life (cf. Heb 5:7; 9:10, 13), as opposed to the inward or spiritual dimensions of life.
10 tn Grk “and live.”