It is for discipline that you have to endure. (A)God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline? If you are left without discipline, (B)in which all have participated, then you are illegitimate children and not sons.

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Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children.(A) For what children are not disciplined by their father? If you are not disciplined—and everyone undergoes discipline(B)—then you are not legitimate, not true sons and daughters at all.

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