希伯來書12章7-10節

12:7 你們所忍受的，是神管教你們，待你們如同待兒子。焉有兒子不被父親管教的呢？

12:8 管教原是眾子所共受的，你們若不受管教，就是私子，不是兒子了。

12:9 再者，我們曾有生身的父管教我們，我們尚且敬重他，何況萬靈的父，我們豈不更當順服他得生嗎？

12:10 生身的父都是暫隨己意管教我們，惟有萬靈的父管教我們，是要我們得益處，使我們在他的聖潔上有分。

 

 ⁷Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father? ⁸If you are not disciplined (and everyone undergoes discipline), then you are illegitimate children and not true sons. ⁹Moreover, 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 our spirits and live! ¹⁰Our fathers disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, that we may share in his holiness.

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    是的，上帝必管教，當我們走岔了路，上帝不會放任不管，祂必管教。

    當然受管教之滋味是不好受的，但是管教之目的是要我們與祂的聖潔上有分，是對我們有益處。

    我們受上帝管教所持的態度是要順服，不是反抗或發怨言，正如作者所言：「再者，我們曾有生身的父管教我們，我們尚且敬重他，何況萬靈的父，我們豈不更當順服他得生嗎？」