⁷ It is for discipline that you endure; ^(A)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, ^(B)of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate children and not sons. ⁹ Furthermore, we ^[a]had ^[b]earthly fathers to discipline us, and we ^(C)respected them. Shall we not much rather be subject to ^(D)the Father of ^[c]spirits, and ^(E)live? ¹⁰ For they disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them, but He disciplines us for our benefit, ^(F)so that we may share His holiness. ¹¹ And all discipline ^(G)for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful, but to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the ^(H)peaceful fruit of righteousness.

¹² Therefore, ^[d](I)strengthen the hands that are weak and the knees that are feeble, ¹³ and ^(J)make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint, but rather ^(K)be healed.