⁴You have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your^* blood as you^* struggle against sin. ⁵And have you completely forgotten the exhortation which instructs you as sons?

“My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline,

or give up when you are corrected by him.

⁶For the Lord disciplines the one whom he loves,

and punishes every son whom he accepts.”^b

⁷Endure it for discipline. God is dealing with you as sons. For what son is there whom a father does not discipline? ⁸But if you are without discipline, in which all legitimate sons^* have become participants, then you are illegitimate and not sons. ⁹Furthermore, we have had our earthly fathers^c who disciplined us, and we respected them. Will we not much rather subject ourselves to the Father of spirits and live? ¹⁰For they disciplined us for a few days according to what seemed appropriate to them, but he does so for our benefit, in order that we can have a share in his holiness. ¹¹Now all discipline seems for the moment not to be joyful but painful, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness for those who are trained by it.

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

Footnotes

*The words “shedding your” are not in the Greek text but are supplied for clarity
*Here “as” is supplied as a component of the temporal participle (“struggle”)
bA quotation from Prov 3:11–12
*The phrase “legitimate sons” is not in the Greek text but is implied
cLiterally “the flesh of our fathers”