Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Hebrews 12:9
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9. fathers . . . which corrected us —rather as Greek, "We had the fathers of our flesh as correctors." subjection —See the punishment of insubordination, :- . Father of spirits —contrasted with "the fathers of our flesh." "Generation by men is carnal, by God is spiritual" [BENGEL]. As "Father of spirits," He is both the Originator, and the Providential and Gracious Sustainer, at once of animal and spiritual life. Compare "and LIVE," namely, spiritually; also :- , "that we might be partakers of His holiness" ( 2 Peter 1:4 ). God is a spirit Himself, and the Creator of spirits like Himself, in contrast to men who are flesh, and the progenitors of flesh ( 2 Peter 1:4- : ). Jesus our pattern "learned obedience" experimentally by suffering ( 2 Peter 1:4- : ). and live —and so, thereby live spiritually and eternally. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-10" class="com-number"
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