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and you have forgotten the exhortation which reasons with you as with sons, "My son, don`t take lightly the chastening of the Lord, Nor faint when you are reproved by him;
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Discipline, Not Punishment
Commentators explain that the Greek word for "chastening" (paideia) does not mean angry punishment, but rather fatherly discipline, correction, and training. God uses trials not to condemn His children, but to lovingly correct their faults and instruct them for their own good, much like a parent training a child.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And you have forgotten the exhortation. This exhortation is found in Proverbs 3:11-12. The apostle's object in introducing it here is to s…
Ye have forgotten (εκλελησθε). Perfect middle indicative of εκλανθανω, to cause to forget, old verb, here only in the N.T. with ge…
19th Century
Anglican
In this cowardly avoidance of trouble and persecution, they have been shrinking from that chastening which every son receives from the Lord.
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Baptist
And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint …
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…
16th Century
Protestant
And you have forgotten, etc. I read these words as a question, for the author asks whether they had forgotten, intimating that it was not …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And you have forgotten the exhortation Or consolation, the consolatory word or doctrine, in ([Reference Proverbs 3:1…
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…
13th Century
Catholic
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…
