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The Lord punishes the person he loves. And he beats every son he takes into his family.'

Do not give up when you are punished. God is treating you like sons. Is there a son who has never been punished by his father?

You are punished like the other children in the family. If you are not, you do not belong to the family as the other children do.

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because the Lord disciplines the one he loves,(A)
    and he chastens everyone he accepts as his son.”[a](B)

Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children.(C) For what children are not disciplined by their father? If you are not disciplined—and everyone undergoes discipline(D)—then you are not legitimate, not true sons and daughters at all.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 12:6 Prov. 3:11,12 (see Septuagint)