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Hebrews 12:3-8
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Hebrews 12:3-8
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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.
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Hebrews 12:3-8
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Hebrews 12:3-8
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3 Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary(A) and lose heart.
God Disciplines His Children
4 In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.(B) 5 And have you completely forgotten this word of encouragement that addresses you as a father addresses his son? It says,
“My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline,
and do not lose heart(C) when he rebukes you,
6 because the Lord disciplines the one he loves,(D)
and he chastens everyone he accepts as his son.”[a](E)
7 Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children.(F) For what children are not disciplined by their father? 8 If you are not disciplined—and everyone undergoes discipline(G)—then you are not legitimate, not true sons and daughters at all.
Footnotes
- Hebrews 12:6 Prov. 3:11,12 (see Septuagint)
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