Footnotes

1. Hebrews 12:7 tn Grk “endure,” with the object (“your suffering”) understood from the context.
2. Hebrews 12:7 tn Or “in order to become disciplined.”
3. Hebrews 12:8 tn Grk “you are without discipline.”
4. Hebrews 12:8 tn Grk “all”; “sons” is implied by the context.
5. Hebrews 12:9 tn Grk “we had our earthly fathers as discipliners.”
6. Hebrews 12:9 tn Grk “the fathers of our flesh.” In Hebrews, “flesh” is a characteristic way of speaking about outward, physical, earthly life (cf. Heb 5:7; 9:10, 13), as opposed to the inward or spiritual dimensions of life.
7. Hebrews 12:9 tn Grk “and live.” sn Submit ourselves…to the Father of spirits and receive life. This idea is drawn from Proverbs, where the Lord’s discipline brings life, while resistance to it leads to death (cf. Prov 4:13; 6:23; 10:17; 16:17).
8. Hebrews 12:11 tn Grk “all discipline at the time does not seem to be of joy, but of sorrow.”
9. Hebrews 12:11 tn Grk “the peaceful fruit of righteousness.”
10. Hebrews 12:12 tn Or “straighten.”
11. Hebrews 12:12 sn A quotation from Isa 35:3. Strengthen your listless hands and your weak knees refers to the readers’ need for renewed resolve and fresh strength in their struggles (cf. Heb 10:36-39; 12:1-3).
12. Hebrews 12:13 sn A quotation from Prov 4:26. The phrase make straight paths for your feet is figurative for “stay on God’s paths.”