Hebrews 12:5 “And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him”.
English “have forgotten” was mistranslated from Greek verb 1585 eklanthanomai from a compound of Greek preposition 1537 ek denoting origin and Greek verb 2990 lanthano meaning to hide by covering. The origin is flesh thoughts of human beings which cover and hide God’s inherent truth “God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written”. Grammatical objects of grammatical subjects other than God have not “forgotten” God’s calling near, they are oblivious to God’s calling near subsequent to flesh grammatical subjects other than God hiding and covering God’s inherent spiritual truth.
English “exhortation” was translated from Greek noun 3874 paraklesis being God’s calling near.
Greek verb 1651 elegcho meaning to prove wrong was mistranslated into English “thou art rebuked” in Hebrews 12:5. Greek noun 3809 paideia being the raising up and disciplining of one’s own child was translated into English “the chastening” in Hebrews 12:5. Receipt and acceptance of being proved wrong must precede receipt of the action of Greek verb 3811 paideuo meaning to discipline and train up one’s child.
God’s “election” accept being proved wrong by God, unlike the “cloud of witnesses” of Hebrews 12:1.
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