Hebrews 12:4-8

4After all, you have not yet given your lives in your struggle against sin.

5And have you forgotten the encouraging words God spoke to you as his children? He said, “My child, don’t make light of the Lord’s discipline, and don’t give up when he corrects you.

6For the Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes each one he accepts as his child.”

7As you endure this divine discipline, remember that God is treating you as his own children. Who ever heard of a child who is never disciplined by its father?

8If God doesn’t discipline you as he does all of his children, it means that you are illegitimate and are not really his children at all.