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God Is like a Father

You are struggling against sin, but your ·struggles [resistance; opposition] have not yet ·caused you to be killed [resulted in bloodshed/L blood]. ·You have forgotten [or Have you forgotten…?] the ·encouraging words [exhortation] that ·call you his [or address you as] ·children [or sons]:

“My ·child [or son], don’t ·think the Lord’s discipline is worth nothing [scorn/treat lightly/make light of the Lord’s discipline],
    and don’t ·stop trying [get discouraged] when he ·corrects [rebukes] you.
  [L For; Because] The Lord disciplines those he loves,
    and he ·punishes [chastises; severely disciplines] everyone he accepts as his child [Prov. 3:11–12].”

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God Disciplines His Children

In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.(A) 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(B) when he rebukes you,
because the Lord disciplines the one he loves,(C)
    and he chastens everyone he accepts as his son.”[a](D)

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 12:6 Prov. 3:11,12 (see Septuagint)