And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
Forgotten, х ekleleesthe (G1585)] - utterly (cf. Hebrews 12:15-17): some had utterly forgotten God's word. His exhortation ought to have more effect on you than the cheers of the spectators have on the competitors in the games.
Which, х heetis (G3748)] - 'such as:' 'the which.'
Speaketh unto you, х dialegetai (G1256)] - as in a dialogue: God's loving condescension (cf. Isaiah 1:18).
Despise not, х oligorei (G3643)] - 'do not hold of little account.' Betraying contumacious unbelief (Hebrews 3:12), as "faint" implies a broken-down, desponding spirit. "Chastening" [discipline: paideia (G3809)] is to be borne with "subjection" (Hebrews 12:9); 'rebuke' [more severe: elengchomenos (G1651)], with endurance (Hebrews 12:7). 'Some in adversity kick against God's will, others despond: neither is to be done by the child of God. Such adverse things occur only by the decree of God in kindness-namely, to remove defilements adhering to the believer, and to exercise patience' (Grotius).