Endure what you suffer. "This is an expression of your Father's love!" That God is treating you. "He is giving you his blessing by causing you to grow spiritually!" Who was not punished by his father, who wanted to correct his faults and develop his character?
Verse Hebrews 12:7. _IF YE ENDURE CHASTENING_] If ye submit to his authority, humble yourselves under his hand, and pray for his blessing, you will find that he deals with you as beloved children, cor...
IF YE ENDURE CHASTENING - That is, if you undergo, or are called to experience correction. It does not mean here, “if you endure it patiently; or if you bear up under it;” but “if you are chastised or...
CHAPTER 12 _ 1. Looking away unto Jesus (Hebrews 12:1)_ 2. The Contradiction of sinners (Hebrews 12:3) 3. Chastened as sons (Hebrews 12:5) 4. Exhortations ...
With the example of Christ before them the readers are to show more constancy under their own sufferings. They are to think of Him whose life was so thwarted by wicked men, and thus nerve themselves t...
Have you forgotten the appeal, an appeal which reasons with you as sons? "My son, do not treat lightly the discipline which the Lord sends; Never lose heart when you are put to the test by him; For t...
THE RACE AND THE GOAL (Hebrews 12:1-2)...
IF. Greek. _ei_, but the texts read _eis_, i.e. Ye are suffering patiently for (_eis_) discipline. DEALETH. Greek. _prosphero._ Occurs in Hebrew twenty times; translated "offer", except here. In this...
_If ye endure chastening_ The true reading is not _ei_, "if," but _eis_, "unto." "It is for training that ye endure," or better, "Endure ye, for training," i.e. "regard your trials as a part of the mo...
CH. 12. An exhortation to faithful endurance (1–3) and a reminder that our earthly sufferings are due to the fatherly chastisement of God (4–13). The need of earnest watchfulness (14–17). Magnificent...
FATHERLY CHASTISEMENTS SHOULD BE CHEERFULLY ENDURED...
ΕἸΣ אADKL, Vulg. Syr. Copt., &c. 7. ΕἸΣ ΠΑΙΔΊΑΝ ὙΠΟΜΈΝΕΤΕ. The true reading is not εἰ, “if” (which is followed by the A. V., but for which there is hardly any good authority), but εἰς, “unto.” “It is...
_RUN WITH ENDURANCE -- HEBREWS 12:4-17:_ Christians must be faithful, even during the worst of suffering. Christ suffered, even unto death. His sufferings are contrasted with the sufferings of the Heb...
ΎΠΟΜΈΝΕΤΕ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΎΠΟΜΈΝΩ (G5278) терпеливо сносить (_см._ Hebrews 10:36) ΠΡΟΣΦΈΡΕΤΑΙ _praes. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΠΡΟΣΦΈΡΩ (G4374) склоняться, иметь дело с кем-л. ΠΑΙΔΕΎΕΙ _praes. ind....
DISCOURSE: 2336 AFFLICTIONS THE FRUIT OF GOD’S LOVE Hebrews 12:4. Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin. And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto child...
B. _Perils threatening the life of faith. Hebrews 12:4-17_. 1. _Failure to respond to chastening. Hebrews 12:4-13_. _TEXT_ Hebrews 12:4 Ye have not yet resisted unto blood,
DIVINE CHASTISEMENT (Hebrews 12:7, Hebrews 12:8) The all-important matter in connection with Divine chastenings, so far as the Christian is concerned, is the spirit in which he receives them. Whether...
If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? In Hebrews 12:7 the need of "chastening;" in Hebrews 12:9 the duty of those to whom it...
1 This cloud of "witnesses" consists of those just enumerated, who witness to the life of faith. It has no reference to any who are watching the Hebrews. A witness is one who testifies, and it is the...
12:7 for (k-3) Or 'as,' that is, as chastening, not as wrath. Some authorities have 'if ye endure chastening.'...
THE CONTEST. ENDURANCE, HOLINESS, AND DIVINE COMMUNION PROPOSED TO THE SONS OF GOD Inspired by the example of those victorious heroes of faith who now encompass us, we ought to run our race patiently,...
HOW CAN I GET TO HEAVEN? HEBREWS _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 12 THE RIGHT WAY TO LIVE 12:1-29 JESUS IS OUR EXAMPLE 12:1-3 V1 Like a great cloud, there are a lot of *witnesses round us. Let us then...
IF YE ENDURE CHASTENING. — The whole weight of ancient evidence is in favour of a change in the first Greek word. Two translations are then possible: (1) “It is for chastening that ye endure:” the tro...
CHAPTER XIV. CONFLICT. "Therefore let us also, seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with...
The inference from the passage cited is obvious, εἰς παιδείαν ὑπομένετε, “it is for training ye are enduring (are called to endure), as sons God is dealing with you”. [προσφέρεται is common; as in Xen...
The Hebrews are reminded that their sufferings are tokens of God's fatherly love and care....
PERSISTENTLY PRESS FORWARD Hebrews 12:1 In one of Raphael's pictures the clouds, when looked at minutely, are seen to be composed of little cherub-faces; and those who have already witnessed and suff...
After this rapid survey of the past, the writer makes his great appeal. It is that we "consider Him" who is "the Author and Perfecter of faith." The final appeals of the Epistle fall into four sectio...
SUFFERING CAN BE A FORM OF DISCIPLINE There is a hint the Hebrews were slowing in their fight or race and had forgotten the exhortations of their childhood. The author quoted Proverbs 3:11-12 as an ex...
(3) For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds. (4) Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin. (5) And ye h...
The apostle now resumes his great theme, Christ called a Priest of God for ever after the order of Melchisedec. He alludes, in the beginning of our chapter, to the historical facts of Genesis. We must...
7._For what son is he, etc. _He reasons from the common practice of men, that it is by no means right or meet that God’s children should be exempt from the discipline of the cross; for if no one is to...
The epistle now enters on the practical exhortations that flow from its doctrinal instruction, with reference to the dangers peculiar to the Hebrew Christians - instruction suited throughout to inspir...
IF YE ENDURE CHASTENING,.... In faith, with patience, with courage and constancy, with humility and reverence: there are many things which may encourage and animate the saints to endure it in such a m...
Εἰ παιδείαν ὑπομένετε, ὡς υἱοῖς ὑμῖν προσφέρεται ὁ Θεὸς τίς γάρ ἐστιν υἱὸς ὅν οὐ παιδεύει πατήρ ; Παιδείαν ὑπομένετε. Vulg. Lat., “in disciplina perseverate;” Rhem., “persevere ye in discipline:” nei...
If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? Ver. 7. _God dealeth with you, &c._] Corrections are pledges of our adoption and badges...
Heb. 12:3-7. For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds. Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin. And ye...
_And ye have forgotten_, &c. As if he had said, If you faint it will appear you have forgotten, _the exhortation_ Wherein God speaks to you with the utmost tenderness; _as unto_ his own dear _children...
CHASTENING; trials designed to correct your faults and make you better....
The chastening of God to assist us:...
IF YE ENDURE CHASTENING, GOD DEALETH WITH YOU AS WITH SONS; FOR WHAT SON IS HE WHOM THE FATHER CHASTENETH NOT?...
How rightly now Chapter 12 admonishes the saints of God to act by faith; for where faith is in godly exer\-cise, every honorable and true responsibility will be willingly assumed, with the confidence...
1-11 The persevering obedience of faith in Christ, was the race set before the Hebrews, wherein they must either win the crown of glory, or have everlasting misery for their portion; and it is set be...
IF YE ENDURE CHASTENING, GOD DEALETH WITH YOU AS WITH SONS: his reason he illustrateth from the convertibility of sufferring affliction and chastening from God the Father, and being his child; If ye h...
Hebrews 12:7 If G1487 endure G5278 (G5719) chastening G3809 God G2316 deals G4374 (G5743) you G5213 as...
THEY ARE NOT TO FORGET THAT CHASTENING IS GOOD WHEN IT IS AT THE HAND OF A LOVING FATHER (HEBREWS 12:5). And in as far as they are called on to suffer affliction and tribulation, to experience discomf...
‘It is for chastening that you endure; God deals with you as with sons. For what son is there whom his father does not chasten?' For the truth is that their having to endure arises from God's purpose...
Hebrews 12:1-11. Exhortation with encouragement and reproof, in view of all these witnesses, and of the later example of Jesus, to maintain the conflict, and to remember the love from which all discip...
Hebrews 12:7. IT IS FOR CHASTENING (for filial chastening) YE ENDURE; AS WITH SONS GOD DEALS WITH YOU (bears Himself towards you). The reading, ‘It is for chastening for improvement as sons ye endure,...
THAT YE ENDURE (υπομενετε). Present active indicative or present active imperative and so just "endure for chastening."DEALETH WITH YOU (υμιν προσφερετα). Present middle indicative of προσφερω, b...
Hebrews 12:7 (REVISED VERSION) I. The word _endure_is no tame word. It means something widely different from insensibility, or proud defiance. Stoicism is no Christian virtue. Obstinate and contemptuo...
Hebrews 12:3 I. Chastisement is sent by fatherly love. There, where we are most sensitive, God touches us. The thorn in the flesh is something which we fancy we cannot bear if it were to be lifelong....
L, 2. _Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race...
After giving a long list of the heroes of faith, the apostle adds: Hebrews 12:1. Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and th...
The apostle, having deserted the heroes of the faith, represents them as witnesses of the great race which Christians in all ages have to run. All through the chapter he keeps up the idea of the great...
Hebrews 12:1. Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience th...
May the Spirit of God graciously instruct us while we read this chapter! You know that, in the eleventh chapter, the apostle has pictured the ancient worshipers and their victories. Imagine that you...
CONTENTS: The Father's chastening of believers and its purpose. The difference between living under law and under grace. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Esau, Moses, Abel. CONCLUSION: Christians have a race...
Hebrews 12:1. _Wherefore, seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses._ Confessors and martyrs of the ancient church are here supposed to be the spectators of our course, and...
_If ye endure chastening_ CHASTENING: WHAT IS IT? “It is for chastening that ye endure”--such is the reading and translation in the R.V. That is the purpose sought and prized; an end that sufficient...
HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 12:5 Verses Hebrews 12:5 cite Proverbs 3:11. Discipline
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Hebrews 12:3. CONSIDER.—Place your sufferings in comparison with His. AGAINST HIMSELF.—R.V. renders “against themselves,” which is a well-supported reading. WEARIED.—R...
EXPOSITION The exhortation, begun at Hebrews 10:19, but interrupted at Hebrews 11:1. I by the chapter on faith, is now taken up again with increased force from the array of examples that have been add...
Shall we turn now to Hebrews, chapter 12. Wherefore, seeing we are also compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses (Hebrews 12:1), What this does not mean is that the Old Testament saints, wh...
1 Kings 1:6; 1 Kings 2:24; 1 Kings 2:25; 1 Samuel 2:29; 1 Samuel 2:34;...
If ye endure chastening [ε ι ς π α ι δ ε ι α ν υ π ο μ ε ν ε τ ε]. Rend. "it is for chastening that ye endure." A. V. follows the reading of T. R. eij if. Do not faint at affliction. Its purpose is di...
Whom his father chasteneth not — When he offends....
Observe, 1. He does not say, if ye be chastised, but IF YE ENDURE CHASTISEMENTS, GOD DEALETH WITH YOU AS WITH SONS; if ye endure them with faith and patience, with submission and perseverance, so as n...