⁴ You have not yet resisted to the point of shedding blood in the contest against sin.

⁵ Also you have forgotten the counsel which speaks with you as sons:

⁷ Regard your endurance as discipline; God is dealing with you as sons. For what son goes undisciplined by his father?

¹¹ Now, all discipline, while it is happening, does indeed seem painful, not enjoyable; but for those who have been trained by it, it later produces its peaceful fruit, which is righteousness. ¹² So,

¹³ and

so that what has been injured will not get wrenched out of joint but rather will be healed.

¹⁴ Keep pursuing shalom with everyone and the holiness without which no one will see the Lord. ¹⁵ See to it that no one misses out on God’s grace, that no root of bitterness^[c] springing up causes trouble and thus contaminates many,