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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Hebrews 12:7

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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12:7-8 disciplined by its father: Fathers from Greco-Roman as well as Jewish families were involved in day-to-day aspects of raising their children. Discipline was seen as a necessary, healthy, and important component of preparing the child for adulthood. A lack of fatherly discipline—in this case, a lack of hardships in life—is a mark of illegitimacy, not a blessing.
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