Hebrews 12:3-11

Do Not Grow Weary

3  a Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or b fainthearted. 4 In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. 5 And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons?

c “My son d do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord,
nor be weary when reproved by him.
 6 For e the Lord disciplines the one he loves,
and chastises every son whom he receives.”

7 It is for discipline that you have to endure. f God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline? 8 If you are left without discipline g in which all have participated, then you are illegitimate children and not sons. 9 Besides this, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to h the Father of spirits i and live? 10 For they disciplined us for a short time as it seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good j that we may share his holiness. 11  k For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields l the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

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