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And Have You Forgotten That God Disciplines Those He Loves?

And have[a] you completely-forgotten[b] the exhortation which speaks[c] to you as sons?: “My son, do not be thinking-lightly[d] of the discipline[e] of the Lord, nor losing-heart while being rebuked by Him. For the one whom the Lord loves He disciplines, and He whips[f] every son whom He accepts” [Prov 3:11-12].

God Is Dealing With You As Sons

You are enduring[g] [your trials] for discipline; God is dealing with you as with sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline?

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 12:5 Or, And you have.
  2. Hebrews 12:5 If the readers thought they should be exempt from suffering for their faith, they must have utterly-forgotten Prov 3:11-12, and they must have failed to consider the Son, v 3.
  3. Hebrews 12:5 Or, reasons with.
  4. Hebrews 12:5 Or, making-little-of.
  5. Hebrews 12:5 Or, training, correction, corporal punishment.
  6. Hebrews 12:6 Or, scourges.
  7. Hebrews 12:7 Or, Be enduring.

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