Hebrews 12:10

Hebrews 12:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.
• New International Version (NIV)They disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, in order that we may share in his holiness.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For they disciplined us for a short time as it seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good, that we may share his holiness.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed best to them, but He for our profit, that we may be partakers of His holiness.

Context of Hebrews 12:10

8Now if you are exempt from correction and without discipline, in which all [of God’s children] share, then you are illegitimate children and not sons [at all]. 9Moreover, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we submitted and respected them [for training us]; shall we not much more willingly submit to the Father of spirits, and live [by learning from His discipline]? For our earthly fathers disciplined us for only a short time as seemed best to them; but He disciplines us for our good, so that we may share His holiness. 11For the time being no discipline brings joy, but seems sad and painful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness [right standing with God and a lifestyle and attitude that seeks conformity to God’s will and purpose]. 12So then, strengthen hands that are weak and knees that tremble.

Hebrews 12:10 word by word

οἱ μὲν γὰρ πρὸς ὀλίγας ἡμέρας κατὰ τὸ δοκοῦν αὐτοῖς ἐπαίδευον, ὁ δὲ ἐπὶ τὸ συμφέρον εἰς τὸ μεταλαβεῖν τῆς ἁγιότητος αὐτοῦ.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Forγάρgar · forG1063
• theyπαιδεύωpaideuō · to instructG3811
• verilyὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• verilyμένmen · on the other handG3303
• forπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• a fewὀλίγοςoligos · little/fewG3641
• daysἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
• afterκατάkata · according toG2596
• their ownαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• pleasureδοκέωdokeō · to thinkG1380
• butδέde · thenG1161
• forἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• profitσυμφέρωsumpherō · be profitableG4851
• thatεἰςeis · towardG1519
• might be partakersμεταλαμβάνωmetalambanō · to partakeG3335
• ofἁγιότηςhagiotēs · holinessG41

Cross-references for Hebrews 12:10

• Hebrews 12:5and you have forgotten the divine word of encouragement which is addressed to you as sons, “My son, do not make light of the discipline of the Lord, And do not lose heart and give up when you are corrected by Him;
• Leviticus 11:44For I am the Lord your God; so consecrate yourselves and be holy, for I am holy. You shall not make yourselves unclean with any of the swarming things that swarm or crawls on the ground.
• Leviticus 19:2“Say to all the congregation of the children of Israel, ‘You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy.
• Psalms 17:15As for me, I shall see Your face in righteousness; I will be [fully] satisfied when I awake [to find myself] seeing Your likeness.
• Ezekiel 36:25Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your uncleanness and from all your idols.
• Ephesians 4:24and put on the new self [the regenerated and renewed nature], created in God’s image, [godlike] in the righteousness and holiness of the truth [living in a way that expresses to God your gratitude for your salvation].
• Ephesians 5:26so that He might sanctify the church, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word [of God],
• Colossians 1:22yet Christ has now reconciled you [to God] in His physical body through death, in order to present you before the Father holy and blameless and beyond reproach—
• 1 Peter 1:15But like the Holy One who called you, be holy yourselves in all your conduct [be set apart from the world by your godly character and moral courage];
• 1 Peter 2:5You [believers], like living stones, are being built up into a spiritual house for a holy and dedicated priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices [that are] acceptable and pleasing to God through Jesus Christ.
• 2 Peter 1:4For by these He has bestowed on us His precious and magnificent promises [of inexpressible value], so that by them you may escape from the immoral freedom that is in the world because of disreputable desire, and become sharers of the divine nature.

Commentaries on Hebrews 12:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10For - a few days - The chastisement of our earthly parents lasted only a short time; that of our heavenly Father will also be but a short time, if we submit: and as our parents ceased to correct when we learned obedience; so will our heavenly Father when the end for which he sent the chastisement is accomplished. God delights not in the rod; judgment is his strange work.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10For they verily for a few days - That is, with reference to a few days ( ̀ prosor it was a chastisement that had reference mainly to this short life. The apostle seems to bring in this circumstance to contrast the dealings of earthly parents with those of God. One of the circumstances is, that the corrections of earthly parents had a much less important object than those of God. They related to this life - a life so brief that it may be said to continue…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-11There are at least two limits to a father's discipline: His discipline or education lasts only a few years—children eventually leave home. Fathers do their best with limited understanding. In contrast, God's discipline lasts a lifetime and is always beneficial, based on his infinite knowledge and love. His goal is for us to share in his holiness. Although discipline is painful, it leads to a peaceful life of doing right. It helps God's children build…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. Showing wherein the chastisement of our heavenly Father is preferable to that of earthly fathers. for a few days--that is, with a view to our well-being in the few days of our earthly life: so the Greek. after their own pleasure--Greek, "according to what seemed fit to themselves." Their rule of chastening is what may seem fit to their own often erring judgment, temper, or caprice. The two defects of human education are: (1) the prevalence in it of a…Read the comment

Topics related to Hebrews 12:10

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Blessing
• Chastisement
• Holiness
• Perseverance
• Resignation
• Sanctification

In the dictionaries

• Acceptably
• Adoption
• Aside
• Birthright
• Bitterness
• Carefully
• Chastening
• Cloud
• Contradiction
• Endure

Commentaries on Hebrews 12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings