For (A)whom the Lord loves He chastens,
And scourges every son whom He receives.”

(B)If[a] you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what (C)son is there whom a father does not chasten? But if you are without chastening, (D)of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate and not sons.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 12:7 NU, M It is for discipline that you endure; God

because the Lord disciplines the one he loves,(A)
    and he chastens everyone he accepts as his son.”[a](B)

Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children.(C) For what children are not disciplined by their father? If you are not disciplined—and everyone undergoes discipline(D)—then you are not legitimate, not true sons and daughters at all.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 12:6 Prov. 3:11,12 (see Septuagint)