"Do not forget the comforting words that Wisdom addresses to you as children: My son, pay attention when the LORD corrects you and do not be discouraged when HE punishes you. For the LORD corrects those HE loves and chastises everyone HE accepts as a son.
What you endure, is in order to correct you. GOD treats you like sons, and what son is not corrected by his father?
All correction is painful at the moment, rather than pleasant; later, it brings the fruit of peace, that is, holiness, to those who have been trained by it.
Lift up, then, your drooping hands, and strengthen your trembling knees; make level the ways for your feet, so that the lame may not be disabled, but healed.
Strive for peace with all, and strive to be holy, for without holiness, no one will see the LORD.
See that no one falls from the grace of GOD, lest a bitter plant spring up and its poison corrupt many among you." - Hebrews 12:5-7. 11-15
(After this long invitation to live by faith, the author intends to deal with more practical matters. In fact, he immediately returns to the exceptional gift that is faith in CHRIST. He reminds his readers of what they experienced in baptism when they received the gifts of the Spirit.)
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