Hebrews 12:3-11

English Standard Version

Do Not Grow Weary

³^(A)Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or ^(B)fainthearted. ⁴In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. ⁵And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons?

^(C)“My son, ^(D)do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord,
nor be weary when reproved by him.
⁶For ^(E)the Lord disciplines the one he loves,
and chastises every son whom he receives.”

⁷It is for discipline that you have to endure. ^(F)God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline? ⁸If you are left without discipline, ^(G)in 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 ^(H)the Father of spirits ^(I)and live? ¹⁰For they disciplined us for a short time as it seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good, ^(J)that we may share his holiness. ¹¹^(K)For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields ^(L)the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.