Hebrews 12:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“If you do not experience discipline like everyone else, then you are illegitimate children and not true sons.”
A short, plain-language explanation of Hebrews 12:8 goes here — the kind of answer a reader (or an AI assistant) can quote in one breath. Original meaning coming soon.
“If you do not experience discipline like everyone else, then you are illegitimate children and not true sons.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.”
King James Version · Public Domain“But if ye are without chastening, whereof all have been made partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and if ye are apart from chastening, of which all have become partakers, then bastards are ye, and not sons.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Hebrews 12:8 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 73:1Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.
- Psalms 73:14For I am afflicted all day long and punished every morning.
- Hebrews 12:6For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.”
- 1 Peter 5:9Resist him, standing firm in your faith and in the knowledge that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kinds of suffering.
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