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For whom the Lord loves, he chastens, And scourges every son whom he receives."
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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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18th Century
Presbyterian
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…
Scourgeth (μαστιγο). Present active indicative of μαστιγοω, old verb from μαστιξ (whip). This is a hard lesson for God's children …
19th Century
Anglican
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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Baptist
For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
Oh! What comfort there is here! Whenever we are …
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
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…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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…
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…
