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⁽ⁿ⁾ For those ^(o) whom the Lord loves He disciplines , And He scourges every son whom He receives ."

It is for discipline that you endure; ^(p)God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline?

But if you are without discipline, ^(q)of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate children and not sons.

Furthermore, we had ^[e]earthly fathers to discipline us, and we ^(r)respected them; shall we not much rather be subject to ^(s)the Father of ^[f]spirits, and ^(t)live?

For they disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them, but He disciplines us for our good, ^(u)so that we may share His holiness.

All discipline ^(v)for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the ^(w)peaceful fruit of righteousness.

Therefore, ^[g](x)strengthen the hands that are weak and the knees that are feeble,

and ^(y)make straight paths for your feet, so that the limb which is lame may not be put out of joint, but rather ^(z)be healed.