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Berean Standard Bible

“For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.””

Hebrews 12:6

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Hebrews 12 opens with the image of a great cloud of witnesses and a call to run the race with endurance. It then turns to how believers should understand hardship, drawing on a passage from Proverbs about a father's discipline.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.”

World English Bible (WEB)

For whom the Lord loves, he chastens, and scourges every son whom he receives.”

King James Version (KJV)

For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

American Standard Version (ASV)

For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, And scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

For the Lord sends punishment on his loved ones; everyone whom he takes as his son has experience of his rod.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

for whom the Lord does love He does chasten, and He scourges every son whom He receives;'

Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Porque el Señor al que ama castiga, y azota á cualquiera que recibe por hijo.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

porque el Señor disciplina a los que ama, y azota a todo aquel a quien recibe como hijo».

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