Hebrews 12:4-7

English Standard Version

⁴In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. ⁵And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons?

^(A)“My son, ^(B)do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord,
nor be weary when reproved by him.
⁶For ^(C)the Lord disciplines the one he loves,
and chastises every son whom he receives.”

⁷It is for discipline that you have to endure. ^(D)God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline?

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The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.

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