Hebrews 12:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. ”

Hebrews 12:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth - This is also a quotation from Proverbs 3 . It means that it is a universal rule that God sends trials on those whom he truly loves. It does not, of cours...
Hebrews 12:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

With the example of Christ before them the readers are to show more constancy under their own sufferings. They are to think of Him whose life was so thwarted by wicked men, and thus nerve themselves...
Hebrews 12:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

loveth . Greek. agapao. App-135. See Revelation 3:19 . chasteneth Greek. paideuo. See 1 Corinthians 11:32 . scourgeth . Greek. mastigoo. See John 19:1 .
Hebrews 12:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

6. For whom the Lord loveth, etc. This seems not to be a wellfounded reason; for God visits the elect as well as the reprobate indiscriminately, and his scourges manifest his wrath often...
Hebrews 12:6 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2336 AFFLICTIONS THE FRUIT OF GOD’S LOVE Hebrews 12:4-13 . Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin. And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as...
Hebrews 12:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth - Here is the reason why we should neither neglect correction, nor faint unde...
Hebrews 12:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For whom the Lord loveth, &c.— There seems to be a beautiful gradation in these words: to receive, here signifies to have a particular regard for. Comp. Isaiah 42:1 in the LXX. and see Pro...
Hebrews 12:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. ( Revelation 3:19 ) and х de ( G1161 )] - 'yea, and: an additional circumstance. Scourgeth - which dr...
Hebrews 12:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Contest. Endurance, Holiness, and Divine Communion proposed to the Sons of God Inspired by the example of those victorious heroes of faith who now encompass us, we ought to run our race patien...
Hebrews 12:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And scourgeth. — As the words stand in our Hebrew text, the meaning is “even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.” A very slight change in one word, however, will yield the sense in which the...
Hebrews 12:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XIV. CONFLICT. "Therefore let us also, seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run...
Hebrews 12:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Persistently Press Forward Hebrews 12:1-8 In one of Raphael's pictures the clouds, when looked at minutely, are seen to be composed of little cherub-faces; and those who have already witnessed...
Hebrews 12:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

After this rapid survey of the past, the writer makes his great appeal. It is that we "consider Him" who is "the Author and Perfecter of faith." The final appeals of the Epistle fall into four secti...
Hebrews 12:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(3) For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds. (4) Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin. (5) And ye...
Hebrews 12:6 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE DIVINE DISCIPLINE OF LIFE ‘Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin. And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou t...
Hebrews 12:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth ,.... All men are not the objects of God's love, only a special people, whom he has chosen in Christ; for whom he has given his Son, when they were sinners and...
Hebrews 12:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. Ver. 6. For whom the Lord loves ] Whom he entirely loveth and cockereth above the rest of his children. That son...
Hebrews 12:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And ye have forgotten , &c. As if he had said, If you faint it will appear you have forgotten, the exhortation Wherein God speaks to you with the utmost tenderness; as unto his own dear chi...
Hebrews 12:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

How rightly now Chapter 12 admonishes the saints of God to act by faith; for where faith is in godly exer\-cise, every honorable and true responsibility will be willingly assumed, with the confidence...
Hebrews 12:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Benefit of Afflictions; The Use of Afflictions; Cautions against Apostasy. A. D. 62. ...
Hebrews 12:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth : for showeth this to be a suasory reason against fainting under God's rebukes, and enforcing the foregoing duty: sheet whomsoever, son or daughter, every ch...
Hebrews 12:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons, “My son, regard not lightly the chastening (moral training, discipline) of the Lord, Nor faint when you are reproved by him, fo...
Hebrews 12:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES Hebrews 12:3 . Consider. —Place your sufferings in comparison with His. Against Himself. —R.V. renders “against themselves,” which is a well-supported reading. We...
Hebrews 12:6 - Scofield Reference Notes

Lord Jehovah. ( Proverbs 3:12 ).
Hebrews 12:6 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Hebrews 12:3-13 I. Chastisement is sent by fatherly love. There, where we are most sensitive, God touches us. The thorn in the flesh is something which we fancy we cannot bear if it were to be lif...
Hebrews 12:6 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Hebrews 12:1 . Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, Or «entangle us.» Hebre...
Hebrews 12:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hebrews 12:1 . Wherefore, seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses. Confessors and martyrs of the ancient church are here supposed to be the spectators of our course,...
Hebrews 12:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Despise not thou the chastening of the Lord How to bear afflictions The proposition that ariseth from the words is this: It is the duty and best wisdom of afflicted Christians to preserve thems...
Hebrews 12:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION The exhortation, begun at Hebrews 10:19 , but interrupted at Hebrews 11:1-58 . I by the chapter on faith, is now taken up again with increased force from the array of examples that...
Hebrews 12:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The chastening of God to assist us:
Hebrews 12:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 7:14 ; Deuteronomy 8:5 ; Hebrews 12:7 ; Hebrews 12:8 ; Isaiah 27:9 ; James 1:12 ; James 5:11 ; Jeremiah 10:24 ; Proverbs 13:24 ; Proverbs 3:12 ; Psalms 119:71 ; Psalms 119:75 ;...
Hebrews 12:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

For — All springs from love; therefore neither despise nor faint.

Hebrews 12:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hebrews 12:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Hebrews 12:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Hebrews 12:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Hebrews 12:6 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Hebrews 12:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Hebrews 12:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Hebrews 12:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Hebrews 12:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Hebrews 12:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Hebrews 12:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Hebrews 12:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Hebrews 12:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hebrews 12:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hebrews 12:6 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Hebrews 12:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Hebrews 12:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Hebrews 12:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hebrews 12:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Hebrews 12:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Hebrews 12:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Hebrews 12:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Hebrews 12:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Hebrews 12:6 - Scofield Reference Notes

Hebrews 12:6 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Hebrews 12:6 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Hebrews 12:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hebrews 12:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Hebrews 12:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Hebrews 12:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Hebrews 12:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hebrews 12:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes