And have you forgotten the exhortation addressed to you as sons and daughters?
“My son, do not scorn the Lord’s training
or give up when he corrects you. 6For the Lord trains the one he loves
and chastises every son and daughter he accepts.”
Endure your suffering as training; God is treating you as sons and daughters.
For what son or daughter is there that a father does not train?
But if you do not experience training, something all children have shared in,
then you are illegitimate and are not children.
Besides, we have experienced training from our earthly fathers and we respected them;
shall we not submit ourselves all the more to the Father of spirits and receive life?
For they trained us for a little while as seemed good to them,
but he does so for our benefit, that we may share his holiness.
Now all training seems painful at the time, not joyful.
But later it produces the fruit of peace and righteousness for those given excercise by it.