If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?

But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.

Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?

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(A)If[a] you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what (B)son is there whom a father does not chasten? But if you are without chastening, (C)of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate and not sons. Furthermore, we have had human fathers who corrected us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much more readily be in subjection to (D)the Father of spirits and live?

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Footnotes

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