Verse 8

If you are not disciplined—and everyone undergoes discipline—then you are illegitimate children and not true sons.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 73:1 : 1 Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.
  • Ps 73:14-15 : 14 For I am stricken all day long and chastened every morning. 15 If I had spoken out like that, I would have betrayed Your children.
  • Heb 12:6 : 6 For the Lord disciplines those He loves, and He chastises every son He accepts.
  • 1 Pet 5:9-9 : 9 Resist him, standing firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your fellow believers throughout the world. 10 But the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered for a little while, will Himself restore, establish, strengthen, and uphold you.