Scourgeth (μαστιγο). Present active indicative of μαστιγοω, old verb from μαστιξ (whip). This is a hard lesson for God's children …

For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth. This is also a quotation from Proverbs 3. It means that it is a universal rule that God sends tria…

And scourges.—As the words stand in our Hebrew text, the meaning is “even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.” A v…

You have not yet resisted to blood, striving against sin. And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to children: My son, do…

They had forgotten an important point: Scripture links suffering and sonship, as Pr 3:11–12 shows. The address “My son” is normal for a writer of p…

For whom the Lord loveth, etc. This does not seem to be a well-founded reason, for God afflicts the elect as well as the reprobat…

For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth
All men are not the objects of God's love, only a special people, whom he has…

The persevering obedience of faith in Christ was the race set before the Hebrews, in which they must either win the crown of glory, or have everlas…

Having exhorted them to endure evil patiently, according to the example of the ancient fathers and Christ, the Apostle now exhorts them to do the s…