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It is forεἰςdisciplineπαιδείανthat you endure;ὑπομένετεGodὁ θεόςis treatingπροσφέρεταιyouὑμῖνasὡςsons.υἱοῖςForγὰρwhatτίςsonυἱὸςis therewhomὃνa fatherπατήρdoes notοὐdiscipline?παιδεύει
Hebrews 12:7
Study it in the app“It is for discipline that you endure; God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom a father does not discipline?”
God disciplines as a father does his children, and it bears fruit laterParents and ChildrenThe author of Hebrews compares God’s discipline to a father’sSuffering and Trials
With the Greek beneath
Hebrews 12:7, word by word
- disciplineπαιδείανpaideian
discipline
Correction that hurts, like that of a loving father.
Where else “paideian” appears- that you endureὑπομένετεhypomenete
endure
To hold firm through trials without giving up.
Where else “hypomenete” appears- Godθεόςtheos
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theos” appears- is treatingπροσφέρεταιprospheretai
treat
To deal with someone: "God deals with you as sons".
Where else “prospheretai” appears- sonsυἱοῖςhuiois
one belonging to
Someone with the character of something: "children of light".
Where else “huiois” appears- a fatherπατήρpatēr
parents
A family's father; sometimes father and mother.
Where else “patēr” appears- disciplineπαιδεύειpaideuei
discipline
To set right lovingly, like a father his child.
Where else “paideuei” appears
Translation note
It can also be read as a command: “Endure for the sake of discipline.”
The context
6for the Lord disciplines the one whom he loves, and he flogs every son whom he receives.
7 · This verse (above)
8But if you are without discipline, in which all have become sharers, then you are illegitimate and not sons.