Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Hebrews 12:8

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8. if ye be without —excluded from participation in chastisement, and wishing to be so. all —all sons: all the worthies enumerated in the eleventh chapter: all the witnesses ( Hebrews 12:1 ). are — Greek, "have been made." then are ye bastards —of whom their fathers take no care whether they are educated or not; whereas every right-minded father is concerned for the moral well-being of his legitimate son. "Since then not to be chastised is a mark of bastardy, we ought [not to refuse, but] rejoice in chastisement, as a mark of our genuine sonship" [CHRYSOSTOM]. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-9" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-heb-12-002

절 (explains)

bible-text/heb-12-8

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
• evidence_grade: T_theological