Hebrews 12:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. ”

Hebrews 12:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But if ye be without chastisement - If you never meet with anything that is adapted to correct your faults; to subdue your temper; to chide your wanderings, it would prove that you were in the co...
Hebrews 12:8 - 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 12:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

if . Greek. ei . App-118. without . Greek. choris. See Hebrews 4:15 . chastisement . chastening, as verses: Hebrews 12:5 ; Hebrews 12:7 ; Hebrews 12:11 . are. have become. partakers . G...
Hebrews 12:8 - 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 12:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. Then are ye bastards - This proceeds on the general fact, that bastards are neglected in their manner...
Hebrews 12:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Then are ye bastards, and not sons— The meaning is, "No care is taken of you; no concern is shewn about your welfare."
Hebrews 12:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. If ye be without , х chooris ( G5565 )] - wishing to be removed from it. All - all sons...
Hebrews 12:8 - 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 12:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Whereof all are partakers. — Better, whereof all (God’s children) have been made partakers. Were it possible that they have never known this fatherly “chastening,” it must be that they are not...
Hebrews 12:8 - 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 12:8 - 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 12:8 - 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 12:8 - 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 12:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But if ye be without chastisement ,.... Or have no affliction: whereof all are partakers ; that is, all the children of God; they are all alike children; they are all in a state of imperfection, a...
Hebrews 12:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. Ver. 8. Then are ye bastards ] Qui exclpitur a numero flagellatorum, excipitur a numero filiorum...
Hebrews 12:8 - 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 12:8 - 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 12:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Benefit of Afflictions; The Use of Afflictions; Cautions against Apostasy. A. D. 62. ...
Hebrews 12:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

But if God chasten you not, or if he do, and ye have not grace, or do not rightly endure it, are not managing yourselves well under it, nor are profited by it, when all and every one of his children...
Hebrews 12:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

They Are Not To Forget That Chastening Is Good When It Is At The Hand Of A Loving Father ( Hebrews 12:5-11 ). And in as far as they are called on to suffer affliction and tribulation, to experienc...
Hebrews 12:8 - 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 12:8 - 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 12:8 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

May the Spirit of God graciously instruct us while we read this chapter! You know that, in the eleventh chapter, the apostle has pictured the ancient worshipers and their victories. Imagine that you...
Hebrews 12:8 - 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 12:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

If ye endure chastening Chastening: what is it? “It is for chastening that ye endure”--such is the reading and translation in the R.V. That is the purpose sought and prized; an end that suffici...
Hebrews 12:8 - 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 12:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The chastening of God to assist us:
Hebrews 12:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 5:10 ; 1 Peter 5:9 ; Hebrews 12:6 ; Psalms 73:1 ; Psalms 73:14 ; Psalms 73:15
Hebrews 12:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Of which all sons are partakers — More or less.

Hebrews 12:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hebrews 12:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Hebrews 12:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Hebrews 12:8 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Hebrews 12:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Hebrews 12:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Hebrews 12:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Hebrews 12:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Hebrews 12:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Hebrews 12:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Hebrews 12:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Hebrews 12:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hebrews 12:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hebrews 12:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Hebrews 12:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Hebrews 12:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hebrews 12:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Hebrews 12:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Hebrews 12:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Hebrews 12:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Hebrews 12:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Hebrews 12:8 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Hebrews 12:8 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Hebrews 12:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hebrews 12:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Hebrews 12:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Hebrews 12:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Hebrews 12:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hebrews 12:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes