12:6 “For the Lord disciplines the one he loves and chastises every son he accepts.” 1
12:7 Endure your suffering 2 as discipline; 3 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, 4 something all sons 5 have shared in, then you are illegitimate and are not sons. 12:9 Besides, we have experienced discipline from 6 our earthly fathers 7 and we respected them; shall we not submit ourselves all the more to the Father of spirits and receive life? 8
1 sn A quotation from Prov 3:11-12.
2 tn Grk “endure,” with the object (“your suffering”) understood from the context.
3 tn Or “in order to become disciplined.”
3 tn Grk “you are without discipline.”
4 tn Grk “all”; “sons” is implied by the context.
4 tn Grk “we had our earthly fathers as discipliners.”
5 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.
6 tn Grk “and live.”