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Hebräer 12:8

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8 Seid ihr aber ohne Züchtigung, welcher sind alle teilhaftig geworden, so seid ihr Bastarde und nicht Kinder.

Hebräer 12:8 Meaning and Commentary

Hebrews 12:8

But if ye be without chastisement
Or have no affliction:

whereof all are partakers;
that is, all the children of God; they are all alike children; they are all in a state of imperfection, and prone to sin; God has an impartial respect unto them: and though they are not all alike chastened, nor chastened at all times, yet none are exempted from chastisement, but have it in some way or another, and at some time or another.

Then are ye bastards, and not sons;
all are not sons that are under a profession of religion; all that are under a profession of religion are not chastised; but then those are not the children of God, but the children of the world, of Satan, and of the antichristian harlot; for though all that are chastised are not children, yet all that are children are chastised: hence we learn, that outward peace and prosperity is not a note of a true church; and that such have reason to distrust their state, who know not what it is to have the chastising rod of God upon them; and that afflictions are rather arguments for than against sonship.

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Hebräer 12:8 In-Context

6 Denn welchen der HERR liebhat, den züchtigt er; und stäupt einen jeglichen Sohn, den er aufnimmt."
7 So ihr die Züchtigung erduldet, so erbietet sich euch Gott als Kindern; denn wo ist ein Sohn, den der Vater nicht züchtigt?
8 Seid ihr aber ohne Züchtigung, welcher sind alle teilhaftig geworden, so seid ihr Bastarde und nicht Kinder.
9 Und so wir haben unsre leiblichen Väter zu Züchtigern gehabt und sie gescheut, sollten wir denn nicht viel mehr untertan sein dem Vater der Geister, daß wir leben?
10 Denn jene haben uns gezüchtigt wenig Tage nach ihrem Dünken, dieser aber zu Nutz, auf daß wir seine Heiligung erlangen.
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