Hebrews 12:6 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hebrews 12:4-17

Here the apostle presses the exhortation to patience and perseverance by an argument taken from the gentle measure and gracious nature of those sufferings which the believing Hebrews endured in their Christian course. I. From the gentle and moderate degree and measure of their sufferings: You have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin, Heb. 12:4. Observe, 1. He owns that they had suffered much, they had been striving to an agony against sin. Here, (1.) The cause of the conflict was... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Hebrews 12:5-11

12:5-11 Have you forgotten the appeal, an appeal which reasons with you as sons? "My son, do not treat lightly the discipline which the Lord sends; Never lose heart when you are put to the test by him; For the Lord disciplines the man whom he loves, and scourges every son whom he receives." It is for the sake of discipline that you must endure. It is because he is treating us as sons that God sends these things upon us. What son is there whom his father does not discipline? If... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 12:6

For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth ,.... All men are not the objects of God's love, only a special people, whom he has chosen in Christ; for whom he has given his Son, when they were sinners and enemies; whom he quickens and calls by his grace, justifies, pardons, and accepts in Christ; and whom he causes to love him; these he loves with an everlasting and unchangeable love, and in a free and sovereign way, without any regard to any motive or condition in them. Now these are chastened by... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 12:6

For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth - Here is the reason why we should neither neglect correction, nor faint under it: it is a proof of the fatherly love of God Almighty, and shows his most gracious designs towards us; from which we may be fully convinced that the affliction will prove the means of good to our souls, if we make a proper use of it. And scourgeth every son whom he receiveth - Μαστιγοι δε παντα υἱον, ὁν παραδεχεται . This is a quotation, literatim from the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 12:6

Verse 6 6.For whom the Lord loveth, etc. This seems not to be a wellfounded reason; for God visits the elect as well as the reprobate indiscriminately, and his scourges manifest his wrath oftener than his love; and so the Scripture speaks, and experience confirms. But yet it is no wonder that when the godly are addressed, the effect of chastisements which they feel, is alone referred to. For however severe and angry a judge God may show himself towards the reprobate, whenever he punishes them;... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 12:1-29

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 12:4-11

Chastisement. In this passage the writer reminds the Hebrews that although doubtless they had sustained severe trials on account of their devotedness to Christ, none of them had yet been required to seal their faith with their blood ( Hebrews 12:4 ). Other children of God had suffered much more than they ( Hebrews 11:35-38 ), and had remained faithful. For them to apostatize would, therefore, be very heinous sin. Rather they must learn to view their afflictions as the corrections of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 12:5-6

And ye have forgotten (or, have ye forgotten? ) the exhortation which speaketh unto you (more correctly, discourses , or reasons , with you ; i.e. in the way of fatherly remonstrance) as unto children, My son , etc. This verse introduces a further motive for persevering under prolonged trial, viz. our being assured in Holy Writ of its beneficial purpose as discipline. The quotation is from Proverbs 3:11 , Proverbs 3:12 , as it is in the LXX . We observe that the word... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 12:5-6

Divine discipline. "My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord," etc. Our subject is Divine discipline. Let us notice— I. ITS CHARACTER . Three words are used to express it—"rebuke," "chastening," "scourging." The last two seem to be used synonymously here. Archbishop Trench points out that "'to rebuke" and "to chasten" are often found together, but they are very capable of being distinguished. "To rebuke" is so to rebuke that the person is brought to the acknowledgment... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 12:5-10

God's discipline of his children. Continually in the New Testament, when we get into circumstances of doubt and pain, we are brought back to the rich truth and comfort to be found in the fatherhood of God. Here, as elsewhere, à fortiori argument is employed. If an earthly father, being evil, gives good gifts to his children, how much more will the heavenly Father give his Holy Spirit to them asking him? And even so, if an earthly father disciplines his children, making them do and bear... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Hebrews 12:4-17

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Hebrews 12:5-11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 12:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 12:6

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Hebrews 12:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 12:1-29

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 12:4-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 12:5-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 12:5-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Hebrews 12:5-10

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