6For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
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As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.
Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law;
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 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 suff…
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