Hebrews 12:7-11

7It is for discipline that you have to endure. aGod is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline? 8If you are left without discipline, bin which all have participated, then you are illegitimate children and not sons. 9Besides this, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to cthe Father of spirits dand live? 10For they disciplined us for a short time as it seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good, ethat we may share his holiness. 11 fFor the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields gthe peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

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