Thomson(i)
6 For whom the Lord loveth he reproveth, And chastiseth every son whom he receiveth.
7 If you endure correction God dealeth with you as sons. For what son is there whom a father doth not correct?
8 Now if you are without correction, of which all are partakers, you are indeed bastards and not sons.
9 Well then: we have had fathers of our flesh who have corrected us, and we have reverenced them; shall we not much more submit ourselves to the father of our spirits, and live?
10 For they indeed for a few days corrected us as they thought fit; but he for our advantage, that we may partake of his holiness.
11 Now all correction seemeth, for the present, not to be matter of joy, but of grief; yet afterwards it produceth the peaceful fruit of righteousness to them who are exercised therewith.
12 Therefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the knees which are feeble,