Hebrews 12:7-9

New International Reader's Version

⁷ Put up with hard times. God uses them to train you. He is treating you as his children. What children are not trained by their parents? ⁸ God trains all his children. But what if he doesn’t train you? Then you are not really his children. You are not God’s true sons and daughters at all. ⁹ Besides, we have all had human fathers who trained us. We respected them for it. How much more should we be trained by the Father of spirits and live!