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Discipline is Proof of Love
Multiple commentators emphasize that God's discipline is a definitive sign of His fatherly love and our status as His children. Albert Barnes notes that God's correction shows He has 'paternal care for us' and hasn't abandoned us. Charles Spurgeon calls it a 'token of his favour.' Rather than viewing hardship as rejection, believers should see it as proof of their secure relationship with God as His beloved children.
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Albert Barnes
On Hebrews 12:6
18th Century
Theologian
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…
AT Robertson
On Hebrews 12:6
Scourgeth (μαστιγο). Present active indicative of μαστιγοω, old verb from μαστιξ (whip). This is a hard lesson for God's children …
Charles Ellicott
On Hebrews 12:6
19th Century
Bishop
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…
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Charles Spurgeon
On Hebrews 12:6
19th Century
Preacher
For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
Oh! What comfort there is here! Whenever we are …
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Hebrews 12:6
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…
John Calvin
On Hebrews 12:6
16th Century
Theologian
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…
John Gill
On Hebrews 12:6
17th Century
Pastor
For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth
All men are not the objects of God's love, only a special people, whom he has…
Matthew Henry
On Hebrews 12:1–11
17th Century
Minister
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…