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You have not yet resisted to blood, striving against sin. You have forgotten the exhortation which reasons with you as with children,

“My son, don’t take lightly the chastening of the Lord,
    nor faint when you are reproved by him;
    for whom the Lord loves, he disciplines,
    and chastises every son whom he receives.”Proverbs 3:11-12

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In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as children—

“My child, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord
    or lose heart when you are punished by him,(A)
for the Lord disciplines those whom he loves
    and chastises every child whom he accepts.”(B)

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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)