8. If you are not disciplined—and everyone undergoes discipline—then you are not legitimate, not true sons and daughters at all.
9. Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of spirits and live!
10. They disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, in order that we may share in his holiness.
11. No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.
12. Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees.