³ So the sisters sent a message to Jesus,^[a] “Lord, he whom you love is ill.”

⁵ Accordingly, though Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus,

¹⁹ I reprove and discipline those whom I love. Be earnest, therefore, and repent.^(A)

⁷ Endure trials for the sake of discipline. God is treating you as children, for what child is there whom a parent does not discipline?^(B)

²⁰ Erastus remained in Corinth; Trophimus I left ill in Miletus.

²⁶ for he has been longing for^[a] all of you and has been distressed because you heard that he was ill. ²⁷ He was indeed so ill that he nearly died. But God had mercy on him, and not only on him but on me also, so that I would not have one sorrow after another.

²³ One of his disciples—the one whom Jesus loved—was reclining close to his heart;^[a](A)

³⁶ So the Jews said, “See how he loved him!”

¹¹ After saying this, he told them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going there to awaken him.”