⁵ And have you completely forgotten this word of encouragement that addresses you as a father addresses his son? It says,

⁷ Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children.^(D) For what children are not disciplined by their father?

¹¹ No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace^(A) for those who have been trained by it.

¹² Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees.^{(B) 13} “Make level paths for your feet,”^[a](C) so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.^(D)