Hebrews 12:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Εἰ δὲ χωρίς ἐστε παιδείας, ἧς μέτοχοι γεγόνασιν πάντες, ἄρα νόθοι ἐστὲ, καὶ οὐχ υἱοί.

Transliteration

If but without you are paideias, of which metochoi have gegonasin all, then nothoi you are, and not huioi.

Grammar Details

*paideias*: noun, genitive, singular, feminine - of discipline/training/instruction
*metochoi*: noun, nominative, plural, masculine - partakers/participants/sharers
*gegonasin*: verb, perfect active indicative, 3rd person plural - have become/have been made
*nothoi*: noun, nominative, plural, masculine - illegitimate children/bastards
*huioi*: noun, nominative, plural, masculine - sons

Word Meanings

*paideias*: discipline/training/instruction/chastening
*metochoi*: partakers/participants/sharers/partners
*nothoi*: illegitimate children/bastards/those born out of wedlock

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 73:1 : 1 A Psalm of Asaph. Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.
Ps 73:14-15 : 14 For all the day long have I been plagued{H8803)}, and chastened every morning. 15 If I say{H8804)}, I will speak{H8762)} thus; behold, I should offend{H8804)} against the generation of thy children.
Heb 12:6 : 6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
1 Pet 5:9-9 : 9 Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world. 10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while , make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.

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