Hebrews 12:7-9

New Living Translation

⁷As you endure this divine discipline, remember that God is treating you as his own children. Who ever heard of a child who is never disciplined by its father? ⁸If God doesn’t discipline you as he does all of his children, it means that you are illegitimate and are not really his children at all. ⁹Since we respected our earthly fathers who disciplined us, shouldn’t we submit even more to the discipline of the Father of our spirits, and live forever?^[a]

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12:9 Or and really live?

Hebrews 12:7-9

New King James Version

⁷^(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? ⁸But if you are without chastening, ^(C)of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate and not sons. ⁹Furthermore, 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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Hebrews 12:7 NU, M It is for discipline that you endure; God

Hebrews 12:7-9

New International Version

⁷Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children.^(A) For what children are not disciplined by their father? ⁸If you are not disciplined—and everyone undergoes discipline^(B)—then you are not legitimate, not true sons and daughters at all. ⁹Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of spirits^(C) and live!^(D)