12:7 Endure your suffering 1 as discipline; 2 God is treating you as sons. For what son is there that a father does not discipline?
“My son, do not scorn 3 the Lord’s discipline
or give up when he corrects 4 you.
1 tn Grk “endure,” with the object (“your suffering”) understood from the context.
2 tn Or “in order to become disciplined.”
3 tn Or “disregard,” “think little of.”
4 tn Or “reproves,” “rebukes.” The Greek verb ἐλέγχω (elencw) implies exposing someone’s sin in order to bring correction.