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Hebrews 12:7-9
Lexham English Bible
Hebrews 12:7-9
Lexham English Bible
7 Endure it for discipline. God is dealing with you as sons. For what son is there whom a father does not discipline? 8 But if you are without discipline, in which all legitimate sons[a] have become participants, then you are illegitimate and not sons. 9 Furthermore, we have had our earthly fathers[b] who disciplined us, and we respected them. Will we not much rather subject ourselves to the Father of spirits and live?
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- Hebrews 12:8 The phrase “legitimate sons” is not in the Greek text but is implied
- Hebrews 12:9 Literally “the flesh of our fathers”
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