A moment in scripture
Hebrews 12:5
"
And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
"
The surrounding passage
- Hebrews 12:3
For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
- Hebrews 12:4
Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.
- Hebrews 12:6
For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
- Hebrews 12:7
If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.