“5 And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons: ‘My son, do not despise the chastening of the Lord, Nor be discouraged when you are rebuked by Him;
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6 For whom the Lord loves He chastens, And scourges every son whom He receives.’
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7 If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom a father does not chasten?
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8 But if you are without chastening, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate and not sons.
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9 Furthermore, we have had human fathers who corrected us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much more readily be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live?
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10 For they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed best to them, but He for our profit, that we may be partakers of His holiness.
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11 Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
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12 Therefore strengthen the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees,
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13 and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed.
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14 Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord:
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15 looking carefully lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled…”
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