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Hebrews 12:6-8 (GN)

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⁶ Because the Lord corrects everyone he loves, and punishes everyone he accepts as a child." ⁷ Endure what you suffer as being a father's punishment; your suffering shows that God is treating you as his children. Was there ever a child who was not punished by his father? ⁸ If you are not punished, as all his children are, it means you are not real children, but bastards.


This passage relates to the following topic(s):
(v. 7) Discipling / Correction - Endure hardship as discipline
(v. 7) Suffering / Hardship - Endure hardship as discipline

This passage relates to the following question(s):
(v. 6) Is the Christian yoke easy or difficult? He punishes everyone he accepts as a son

This passage is referenced in the following quiet time(s):
(v. 6) Power of Spiritual Thinking - Buy Now and Pay Later (2008-05-04)
(v. 6) Daughter Needs - Pushover Papa (2011-08-10)
(v. 6) Fearing God - Respect for His Discipline (2011-05-29)
(v. 6) Followup - Heart Issues (2011-01-20)
(v. 6) God is love (2010-09-15)
(v. 6) Wild at Heart - False self (part 2) (2009-09-11)
(v. 6) 30 Days at the Cross - Life through Death (2008-07-28)
(v. 6) Genesis 8 - The Flood (part III) (2011-10-08)
(v. 6) Power of Spiritual Thinking - The Easy Way Out (2008-05-05)
(v. 7) 30 Days at the Cross - Life through Death (2008-07-28)
(v. 7) Power of Spiritual Thinking - Buy Now and Pay Later (2008-05-04)
(v. 7) Followup - Heart Issues (2011-01-20)
(v. 7) God is love (2010-09-15)
(v. 7) Power of Spiritual Thinking - The Easy Way Out (2008-05-05)
(v. 8) God is love (2010-09-15)
(v. 8) 30 Days at the Cross - Life through Death (2008-07-28)
(v. 8) Followup - Heart Issues (2011-01-20)
(v. 8) Power of Spiritual Thinking - Buy Now and Pay Later (2008-05-04)
(v. 8) Power of Spiritual Thinking - The Easy Way Out (2008-05-05)