Hebrews 12:8

Then are ye bastards, and not sons— The meaning is, "No care is taken of you; no concern is shewn about your welfare."

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Of which all sons are partakers — More or less.

⁸ But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.

Related Commentaries of Hebrews 12:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Hebrews 12:8