God Disciplines His Sons
Hebrews 12:8
In 9 translations
- BSB
- If you do not experience discipline like everyone else, then you are illegitimate children and not true sons.
- KJV
- But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
- WEB
- But if you are without discipline, of which all have been made partakers, then you are illegitimate, and not children.
- ASV
- But if ye are without chastening, whereof all have been made partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
- LSV
- And if you are apart from discipline, of which all have become partakers, then you are bastards, and not sons.
- YLT
- and if ye are apart from chastening, of which all have become partakers, then bastards are ye, and not sons.
- DBY
- But if ye are without chastening, of which all have been made partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
- DRC
- But if you be without chastisement, whereof all are made partakers, then are you bastards, and not sons.
- GNV
- If therefore ye be without correction, whereof al are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sonnes.
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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (3)
- Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place καὶ elsewhere in this verse.
- Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place οὐχ elsewhere in this verse.
- Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place υἱοί elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)
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- SBLGNT: καὶ οὐχ υἱοί ἐστε. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read καὶ οὐχ υἱοί ἐστε; Robinson–Pierpont read ἐστε καὶ οὐχ υἱοί.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- εἰ δὲ χωρίς ἐστε παιδείας ἧς μέτοχοι γεγόνασι πάντες, ἄρα νόθοι καὶ οὐχ υἱοί ἐστε.
- RP2018
- Εἰ δὲ χωρίς ἐστε παιδείας, ἧς μέτοχοι γεγόνασιν πάντες, ἄρα νόθοι ἐστὲ καὶ οὐχ υἱοί.
- TR-Boyd
- Εἰ δὲ χωρίς ἐστε παιδείας, ἧς μέτοχοι γεγόνασι πάντες, ἄρα νόθοι ἐστὲ καὶ οὐχ υἱοί.
- SCR1894
- ει δε χωρις εστε παιδειας ης μετοχοι γεγονασιν παντες αρα νοθοι εστε και ουχ υιοι
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
BastardAdoptionChildrenDisciplineChastisementSons of God (New Testament)Chastening; ChastisementText and Manuscripts of the New TestamentResignationPapyrus
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Cross-references most cited first
- Hebrews 12:6For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.”
- 1 Peter 5:9–10Resist him, standing firm in your faith and in the knowledge that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kinds of suffering. And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who…
- Psalms 73:1Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.
- Psalms 73:14–15For I am afflicted all day long and punished every morning. If I had said, “I will speak this way,” then I would have betrayed Your children.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).