Discovery BoxHebrews 12:9 
Context12:9 Besides, we have experienced discipline from 1 our earthly fathers 2 and we respected them; shall we not submit ourselves all the more to the Father of spirits and receive life? 3
Hebrews 13:17
Context13:17 Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls and will give an account for their work. 4 Let them do this 5 with joy and not with complaints, for this would be no advantage for you.
1 tn Grk “we had our earthly fathers as discipliners.”
2 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.
3 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).
4 tn Or “as ones who will give an account”; Grk “as giving an account.”
5 tn Grk “that they may do this.”
