hebrews 12:8 But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.

hebrews 12:8 But if you are without discipline, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate children and not sons.

8. if ye be without--excluded from participation in chastisement, and wishing to be so.
all--all sons: all the worthies enumerated in the eleventh chapter: all the witnesses (Heb 12:1).
are--Greek, "have been made."
then are ye bastards--of whom their fathers take no care whether they are educated or not; whereas every right-minded father is concerned for the moral well-being of his legitimate son. "Since then not to be chastised is a mark of bastardy, we ought [not to refuse, but] rejoice in chastisement, as a mark of our genuine sonship" [CHRYSOSTOM].

hebrews 12:8 But if you are without discipline, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate children and not sons.

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