For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
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Gill's Exposition
For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth,.... This is a reason why the children of God should not despise corrections, nor be weary of them; since they spring from love, are given in love, nor is there…
Barnes' Notes
The first distinct utterance of a truth which has been so full of comfort to many thousands; it is the summing up of all controversies (compare Joh 9:2) as to the mystery of suffering. The apostle…
We have here before us three exhortations, each of them enforced with a good reason: -
I. We must live in a humble and dutiful subjection to God and his government (Pro 3:7): "Fear the Lord, as your…
Cambridge Bible
even as a father&c. The LXX. (reading the same Heb. consonants with different vowels) renders this clause, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth, which is followed in Heb 12:6.
The R.V., guided…
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