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Butδὲifεἰyou areἐστεwithoutχωρίςdiscipline,παιδείαςin whichἧςallπάντεςhave becomeγεγόνασιsharers,μέτοχοιthenἄραyou areἐστεillegitimateνόθοιandκαὶnotοὐχsons.υἱοί
Hebrews 12:8
Study it in the app“But if you are without discipline, in which all have become sharers, then you are illegitimate and not sons.”
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 12:8, word by word
- you areἐστεeste
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “este” appears- withoutχωρίςchōris
without, apart from
Without, apart from.
Where else “chōris” appears- disciplineπαιδείαςpaideias
discipline
Correction that hurts, like that of a loving father.
Where else “paideias” appears- have becomeγεγόνασιgegonasi
become
To turn into something new, different from before.
Where else “gegonasi” appears- sharersμέτοχοιmetochoi
sharer
One who has a part in something with others.
Where else “metochoi” appears- thenἄραara
then, so
So then, therefore.
Where else “ara” appears- illegitimateνόθοιnothoi
illegitimate
Illegitimate: a child born outside a lawful marriage.
Where else “nothoi” appears- sonsυἱοίhuioi
one belonging to
Someone with the character of something: "children of light".
Where else “huioi” appears
The context
7It is for discipline that you endure; God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom a father does not discipline?
8 · This verse (above)
9Besides, we had the fathers of our flesh as those who disciplined us, and we respected them; shall we not much more submit to the Father of spirits and live?