Hebrews 12:8
But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sonnes.
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9Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.
10But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
9Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.
10But the God of all grace who hath called vs into his eternall glory by Christ Iesus, after that ye haue suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
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14For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
15If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.
14†For all the day long haue I bene plagued, and chastened euery morning.
15If I say, I will speake thus: behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.
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Hebrews 12:8
Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.
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Outside or on the exterior; beyond a boundary; lacking, absent, free from, not accompanied by, or apart from the person, thing, condition, means, or relation named.
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chastisement
Correction or punishment by inflicted pain or suffering.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Of, from, or concerning which or what.
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Persons who share, participate, or have a portion with others.
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Persons who, in the relationship being described, are not acknowledged or treated as true sons.
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12:4Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.
12:4Yee haue not yet resisted vnto blood, striuing against sinne.
12:5And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
12:5And ye haue forgotten the exhortation which speaketh vnto you as vnto children, My sonne, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him.
12:6For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
12:6For whome the Lord loueth hee chasteneth, and scourgeth euery sonne whom he receiueth.
12:7If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
12:7If yee endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sonnes: for what sonne is he whom the father chasteneth not?
12:8But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
12:8But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sonnes.
Selected passage12:9Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
12:9Furthermore, wee haue had fathers of our flesh, which corrected vs, and we gaue them reuerence: shall we not much rather bee in subiection vnto the Father of Spirits, and liue?
12:10For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.
12:10For they verily for a fewe dayes chastened vs after their owne pleasure, but hee for our profit, that we might bee partakers of his holinesse.
12:11Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
12:11Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be ioyous, but grieuous: neuerthelesse, afterward it yeeldeth the peaceable fruite of righteousnesse, vnto them which are exercised thereby.
12:12Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;
12:12Wherefore lift vp the handes which hang downe, and the feeble knees.
12:13And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.
12:13And make ‖straight paths for your feete, lest that which is lame bee turned out of the way, but let it rather bee healed.
12:14Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
12:14Followe peace with all men, and holinesse, without which no man shall see the Lord:
12:15Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;
12:15Looking diligently, lest any man ‖faile of the grace of God, lest any roote of bitternesse springing vp, trouble you, and thereby many be defiled:
12:16Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.
12:16Lest there bee any fornicatour, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsell of meat sold his birthright.
12:17For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.
12:17For yee know how that afterward when hee would haue inherited the blessing, hee was reiected: for hee found no ‖place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with teares.