Hebrews 12:8
New Living Translation
8 If God doesn’t discipline you as he does all of his children, it means that you are illegitimate and are not really his children at all.
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Hebrews 12:6
New Living Translation
6 For the Lord disciplines those he loves,
and he punishes each one he accepts as his child.”[a]
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- 12:5-6 Prov 3:11-12 (Greek version).
1 Peter 5:9-10
New Living Translation
9 Stand firm against him, and be strong in your faith. Remember that your family of believers[a] all over the world is going through the same kind of suffering you are.
10 In his kindness God called you to share in his eternal glory by means of Christ Jesus. So after you have suffered a little while, he will restore, support, and strengthen you, and he will place you on a firm foundation.
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- 5:9 Greek your brotherhood.
Psalm 73:1
New Living Translation
Book three (Psalms 73–89)
Psalm 73
A psalm of Asaph.
1 Truly God is good to Israel,
to those whose hearts are pure.
Psalm 73:14-15
New Living Translation
14 I get nothing but trouble all day long;
every morning brings me pain.
15 If I had really spoken this way to others,
I would have been a traitor to your people.
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