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? But if you are without discipline, in which all legitimate sons[b] have become participants, then you are illegitimate and not sons.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 12:6 A quotation from Prov 3:11–12
  2. Hebrews 12:8 The phrase “legitimate sons” is not in the Greek text but is implied