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Hebrews 12:10

WEB

10For they indeed for a few days disciplined us as seemed good to them, but he for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness.

KJV

10For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.

BSB

10Our fathers disciplined us for a short time as they thought best, but God disciplines us for our good, so that we may share in His holiness.

FBV

10They disciplined us for a short while as they thought appropriate, but God does so for our benefit in order that we can share his holy character.

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Extra References

2 Peter 1:4

4by which he has granted to us his precious and exceedingly great promises; that through these you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world by lust.


Leviticus 11:44-45

44For I am the LORD your God. Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am holy. You shall not defile yourselves with any kind of creeping thing that moves on the earth. 45For I am the LORD who brought you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God. You shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.


Titus 2:14

14who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good works.


Ephesians 5:26-27

26that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, 27that he might present the assembly to himself gloriously, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without defect.


Ezekiel 36:25-27

25I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols. 26I will also give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh. 27I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes. You will keep my ordinances and do them.


Leviticus 19:2

2Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘You shall be holy; for I, the LORD your God, am holy.


Ephesians 4:24

24and put on the new man, who in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.


Colossians 1:22

22yet now he has reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without defect and blameless before him,


Psalms 17:15

15As for me, I shall see your face in righteousness. I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with seeing your form.


1 Peter 2:9

9But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.