My son, do not despise the Lord's discipline or be weary of his reproof,
“Behold, blessed is the one whom God reproves; therefore despise not the discipline of the Almighty.
Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent.
And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons? “My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor be weary when reproved by him. For the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and chastises every son whom he receives.” It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline? If you are left without discipline, in which all have participated, then you are illegitimate children and not sons. Besides this, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to the Father of spirits and live?
Blessed is the man whom you discipline, O Lord, and whom you teach out of your law,
But when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined so that we may not be condemned along with the world.
Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.
So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison,
Therefore, having this ministry by the mercy of God, we do not lose heart.
Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted.
If you faint in the day of adversity, your strength is small.
But now it has come to you, and you are impatient; it touches you, and you are dismayed.
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