Hebrews 12:5-11

New King James Version

⁵And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons:

^(A)“My son, do not despise the ^[a]chastening of the Lord,
Nor be discouraged when you are rebuked by Him;
⁶For ^(B)whom the Lord loves He chastens,
And scourges every son whom He receives.”

⁷^(C)If^[b] you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what ^(D)son is there whom a father does not chasten? ⁸But if you are without chastening, ^(E)of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate and not sons. ⁹Furthermore, we have had human fathers who corrected us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much more readily be in subjection to ^(F)the Father of spirits and live? ¹⁰For they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed best to them, but He for our profit, ^(G)that we may be partakers of His holiness. ¹¹Now no ^[c]chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields ^(H)the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.