Hebrews 12:4–11

⁴Ye have not yet resisted ^qunto blood, striving against sin. ⁵And ye have forgotten ^rthe exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, ^sMy son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor ^pfaint when thou art rebuked of him: ⁶for whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and ^tscourgeth every son whom he receiveth. ⁷If ye endure chastening, ^uGod dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father ^vchasteneth not? ⁸But if ye be without chastisement, ^wwhereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. ⁹Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we ^xgave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto ^ythe Father of spirits, and live? ¹⁰For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, ^zthat we might be partakers of his holiness. ¹¹Now no chastening ^afor the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth ^bthe peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are ^cexercised thereby.