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Hebrews 12:7

If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
Hebrews 12:7 · King James Version

In other versions

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

    ASV

  • It is for your training that you undergo these things; God is acting to you as a father does to his sons; for what son does not have punishment from his father?

    BBE

  • Ye endure for chastening, God conducts himself towards you as towards sons; for who is the son that the father chastens not?

    DBY

  • It is for discipline that you endure. God deals with you as with children, for what son is there whom his father doesn't discipline?

    WEB

  • if chastening ye endure, as to sons God beareth Himself to you, for who is a son whom a father doth not chasten?

    YLT

  • If all of you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chastens not?

    ENG

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

    WBT

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

    BSB

In context

5And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:

6For 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?

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