Hebrews 12:8

KJV1611 – Modern English

But if you are without chastisement, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate and not sons.

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  • Ps 73:1 : 1 Truly God is good to Israel, even to those who are of a pure heart.
  • Ps 73:14-15 : 14 For all day long I have been plagued, and chastened every morning. 15 If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I would offend against the generation of Your children.
  • Heb 12:6 : 6 For whom the Lord loves he chastens, and scourges every son whom he receives."
  • 1 Pet 5:9-9 : 9 Whom resist steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are experienced by your brethren in the world. 10 But the God of all grace, who has called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.

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    10For they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed best to them, but he for our benefit, that we may be partakers of his holiness.

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    18If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son, who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and who, when they have chastened him, will not listen to them,

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