And have you completely forgotten the exhortation which instructs you as sons?

“My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline,
    or give up when you are corrected by him.
For the Lord disciplines the one whom he loves,
    and punishes every son whom he accepts.”[a]

Endure it for discipline. God is dealing with you as sons. For what son is there whom a father does not discipline?

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 12:6 A quotation from Prov 3:11–12