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For the Lord disciplines those he loves,
    and he punishes each one he accepts as his child.”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 12:5-6 Prov 3:11-12 (Greek version).

10 For our earthly fathers disciplined us for a few years, doing the best they knew how. But God’s discipline is always good for us, so that we might share in his holiness. 11 No discipline is enjoyable while it is happening—it’s painful! But afterward there will be a peaceful harvest of right living for those who are trained in this way.

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