Hebrews 12:7 (DBY)

Passage

Ye endure for chastening, God conducts himself towards you as towards sons; for who is the son that the father chastens not?

Nearby Context

Hebrews 12:5 And ye have quite forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons: My son, despise not [the] chastening of [the] Lord, nor faint [when] reproved by him;

Hebrews 12:6 for whom [the] Lord loves he chastens, and scourges every son whom he receives.

Hebrews 12:7 Ye endure for chastening, God conducts himself towards you as towards sons; for who is the son that the father chastens not?

Hebrews 12:8 But if ye are without chastening, of which all have been made partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.

Hebrews 12:9 Moreover we have had the fathers of our flesh as chasteners, and we reverenced [them]; shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "endure", "chastening", "conducts", "himself", "towards", "sons", and "father". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "endure" and "chastening", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "for whom the Lord loves he chastens..." into verse 8's "But if ye are without chastening of...", so "endure" and "chastening" belong inside that flow. In Hebrews context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "endure" and "chastening" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.