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If you do not have that discipline in which all children share, then you are illegitimate and not his children.(A)

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for the Lord disciplines those whom he loves
    and chastises every child whom he accepts.”(A)

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Resist him, steadfast in your faith, for you know that your brothers and sisters in all the world are undergoing the same kinds of suffering.(A) 10 And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ,[a] will himself restore, support, strengthen, and establish you.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 5.10 Other ancient authorities read Christ Jesus

Book III

(Psalms 73–89)

Psalm 73

Plea for Relief from Oppressors

A Psalm of Asaph.

Truly God is good to Israel,
    to those who are pure in heart.(A)

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14 For all day long I have been plagued
    and am punished every morning.(A)

15 If I had said, “I will talk on in this way,”
    I would have been untrue to the circle of your children.

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