3 Think about Jesus, who endured opposition from sinners, so that you don’t become tired and give up.
4 You struggle against sin, but your struggles haven’t killed you.
5 You have forgotten the encouraging words that God speaks to you as his children:“My child, pay attention when the Lord disciplines you.Don’t give up when he corrects you.
6 The Lord disciplines everyone he loves.He severely disciplines everyone he accepts as his child.”
7 Endure your discipline. God corrects you as a father corrects his children. All children are disciplined by their fathers.
8 If you aren’t disciplined like the other children, you aren’t part of the family.
9 On earth we have fathers who disciplined us, and we respect them. Shouldn’t we place ourselves under the authority of God, the father of spirits, so that we will live?