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The Lord disciplines those he loves,
    and he punishes everyone he accepts as his child.” Proverbs 3:11–12

So hold on through your sufferings, because they are like a father’s discipline. God is treating you as children. All children are disciplined by their fathers. If you are never disciplined (and every child must be disciplined), you are not true children.

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