Hebrews 12:4–11

A Father’s Discipline

^4aYou have not yet resisted ^1bto the point of shedding blood in your striving against sin;

⁵and you have forgotten the exhortation which is addressed to you as sons,

“^aMy son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord,

Nor ^bfaint when you are reproved by Him;

^6aFor those ^bwhom the Lord loves He disciplines,

And He scourges every son whom He receives.”

⁷It is for discipline that you endure; ^aGod deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline?

⁸But if you are without discipline, ^aof which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate children and not sons.

⁹Furthermore, we had ¹earthly fathers to discipline us, and we ^arespected them; shall we not much rather be subject to ^bthe Father of ²spirits, and ^clive?

¹⁰For they disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them, but He disciplines us for our good, ^aso that we may share His holiness.

¹¹All discipline ^afor the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the ^bpeaceful fruit of righteousness.