Ibrani 12:7-9

12:7 Endure your suffering ¹  as discipline; ²  God is treating you as sons. For what son is there that a father does not discipline? 12:8 But if you do not experience discipline, ³  something all sons ⁴  have shared in, then you are illegitimate and are not sons. 12:9 Besides, we have experienced discipline from ⁵  our earthly fathers ⁶  and we respected them; shall we not submit ourselves all the more to the Father of spirits and receive life? ⁷ 

[12:7]  ¹ tn Grk “endure,” with the object (“your suffering”) understood from the context.

[12:7]  ² tn Or “in order to become disciplined.”

[12:8]  ³ tn Grk “you are without discipline.”

[12:8]  ⁴ tn Grk “all”; “sons” is implied by the context.

[12:9]  ⁵ tn Grk “we had our earthly fathers as discipliners.”

[12:9]  ⁶ tn Grk “the fathers of our flesh.” In Hebrews, “flesh” is a characteristic way of speaking about outward, physical, earthly life (cf. Heb 5:7; 9:10, 13), as opposed to the inward or spiritual dimensions of life.

[12:9]  ⁷ tn Grk “and live.”

[12:9]  sn Submit ourselves…to the Father of spirits and receive life. This idea is drawn from Proverbs, where the Lord’s discipline brings life, while resistance to it leads to death (cf. Prov 4:13; 6:23; 10:17; 16:17).