³For consider him who endured such hostility from sinners against himself, so that you won’t grow weary and give up.ⁱ ⁴In struggling against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. ⁵And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons:

My son, do not take the Lord’s discipline lightly

or lose heart when you are reproved by him,

⁶for the Lord disciplines the one he loves

and punishes every son he receives.^D^j

⁷Endure suffering as discipline: God is dealing with you as sons. For what son is there that a father does not discipline? ⁸But if you are without discipline—which all receive^E—then you are illegitimate children and not sons.^k ⁹Furthermore, we had human fathers discipline us, and we respected them. Shouldn’t we submit even more to the Father of spirits and live?^l ¹⁰For they disciplined us for a short time based on what seemed good to them, but he does it for our benefit, so that we can share his holiness.^m ¹¹No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields the peaceful fruitⁿ of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.^o

Read in Logos

Hebrews 12:6: “For the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and chastises every son whom he receives.”

Footnotes

E discipline, of which all have become participants

Cross references

i Mt 10:24; Gl 6:9
D Pr 3:11–12
j Jb 5:17; Ps 94:12; Pr 3:11–12; Rv 3:16
k Dt 8:5; 1Pt 5:9
l Nm 16:22; Is 38:16
m Lv 11:44; 2Pt 1:4
n Is 32:17; Jms 3:17–18
o 1Pt 1:6