Hebrews 12:3-11

Think about Jesus who endured such hostility from sinful people so you don't grow tired and become discouraged. Your resistance so far hasn't cost you blood as you fight against sin. Have you forgotten God's appeal to you when he reasons with you as his children? He says, “My child, don't treat the Lord's discipline lightly, and don't give up when he corrects you either. The Lord disciplines everyone he loves, and he punishes everyone he welcomes as his child.” Be patient as you experience God's discipline because he is treating you as his children. What child doesn't experience a father's discipline? If you are not disciplined (which everyone has experienced), then you are illegitimate and not true children. For if we respected our earthly fathers who disciplined us, shouldn't we even more be subject to the discipline of our spiritual Father which leads to life? They disciplined us for a short while as they thought appropriate, but God does so for our benefit in order that we can share his holy character. When it happens, all discipline seems painful and not something to be happy about. But later on it produces peace in those who have been trained in this way so that they do what is good and right.