Hebrews 12:7-9
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
God Is Dealing With You As Sons
7 You are enduring[a] [your trials] for discipline; God is dealing with you as with sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline? 8 But if you are without discipline, of which all have become partakers[b], then you are illegitimate[c] children and not sons.
And God Is Disciplining You For Your Benefit
9 Furthermore, we had fathers of our flesh[d] as discipliners and were respecting them— but shall we not much more be subject to the Father of [our] spirits and live?
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- Hebrews 12:7 Or, Be enduring.
- Hebrews 12:8 Or, sharers.
- Hebrews 12:8 Or, born-out-of-wedlock. That is, children not part of the father’s family, not having a father to train them, not heirs.
- Hebrews 12:9 That is, human fathers.
Hebrews 12:7-9
New International Version
7 Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children.(A) For what children are not disciplined by their father? 8 If you are not disciplined—and everyone undergoes discipline(B)—then you are not legitimate, not true sons and daughters at all. 9 Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of spirits(C) and live!(D)
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