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Hebrews 12:5-12

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12:5 And have you forgotten the exhortation addressed to you as sons?

My son, do not scorn 1  the Lord’s discipline

or give up when he corrects 2  you.

12:6For 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  12:10 For they disciplined us for a little while as seemed good to them, but he does so for our benefit, that we may share his holiness. 12:11 Now all discipline seems painful at the time, not joyful. 11  But later it produces the fruit of peace and righteousness 12  for those trained by it. 12:12 Therefore, strengthen 13  your listless hands and your weak knees, 14 

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[12:5]  1 tn Or “disregard,” “think little of.”

[12:5]  2 tn Or “reproves,” “rebukes.” The Greek verb ἐλέγχω (elencw) implies exposing someone’s sin in order to bring correction.

[12:6]  3 sn A quotation from Prov 3:11-12.

[12:7]  4 tn Grk “endure,” with the object (“your suffering”) understood from the context.

[12:7]  5 tn Or “in order to become disciplined.”

[12:8]  6 tn Grk “you are without discipline.”

[12:8]  7 tn Grk “all”; “sons” is implied by the context.

[12:9]  8 tn Grk “we had our earthly fathers as discipliners.”

[12:9]  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.

[12:9]  10 tn Grk “and live.”

[12:11]  11 tn Grk “all discipline at the time does not seem to be of joy, but of sorrow.”

[12:11]  12 tn Grk “the peaceful fruit of righteousness.”

[12:12]  13 tn Or “straighten.”

[12:12]  14 sn A quotation from Isa 35:3. Strengthen your listless hands and your weak knees refers to the readers’ need for renewed resolve and fresh strength in their struggles (cf. Heb 10:36-39; 12:1-3).



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