• Hebrews 12:7
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures

    • 7 εἰς Into παιδείαν discipline ὑπομένετε· YOU are enduring; ὡς as υἱοῖς to sons ὑμῖν to YOU προσφέρεται is bearing self toward ὁ the θεός· God; τίς who γὰρ for υἱὸς son ὃν whom οὐ not παιδεύει is disciplining πατήρ; father?

  • Hebrews Study Notes—Chapter 12
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)

    • 12:7

      You need to endure as part of your discipline: Jehovah views his people as his children and treats them as such. He instructs, trains, and corrects them​—sometimes by permitting them to suffer for righteousness’ sake. (Heb 12:4 and study note) Jehovah knows that endurance can refine his people, helping them to cultivate qualities that they need. The Hebrew Christians could therefore take heart, knowing this truth: The suffering that Jehovah allowed as part of their training was actually evidence of his fatherly care and assurance that they were really his children.​—Heb 12:3-6.

      your discipline: Or “your training.”​—See Heb 12:5 and study note.

      For what son is not disciplined by his father?: By raising this rhetorical question, Paul emphasizes that any good father disciplines his son. One reference work comments: “A father disciplines his child precisely because he loves him and desires him to experience life as approved by God.”​—See study note on Heb 12:6.