⁷ It is for discipline that you endure; ^(C)God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline? ⁸ But if you are without discipline, ^(D)of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate children and not sons. ⁹ Furthermore, we had ^[a]earthly fathers to discipline us, and we ^(E)respected them; shall we not much more be subject to ^(F)the Father of ^[b]spirits, and ^(G)live? ¹⁰ For they disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them, but He disciplines us for our good, ^(H)so that we may share His holiness. ^11 (I)For the moment, all discipline seems not to be pleasant, but painful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterward it yields the ^(J)peaceful fruit of righteousness.

¹² Therefore, ^[c](K)strengthen the hands that are weak and the knees that are feeble, ¹³ and ^(L)make straight paths for your feet, so that the limb which is impaired may not be dislocated, but rather ^(M)be healed.

^14 (N)Pursue peace with all people, and the ^(O)holiness without which no one will ^(P)see the Lord. ¹⁵ See to it that no one ^(Q)comes short of the grace of God; that no ^(R)root of bitterness springing up causes trouble, and by it many become ^(S)defiled; ¹⁶ that there be no ^(T)sexually immoral or ^(U)godless person like Esau, ^(V)who sold his own birthright for a single meal.