12:7 你們所忍受的，是上帝管教你們，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。
12:11 凡管教的事，當時不覺得快樂，反覺得愁苦；後來卻為那經練過的人結出平安的果子，就是義。
12:12 所以，你們要把下垂的手、發酸的腿挺起來；
12:13 也要為自己的腳，把道路修直了，使瘸子不致歪腳（或譯：差路），反得痊癒。
7 Endure
hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children. For what children
are not disciplined by their father? 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. 13 “Make level
paths for your feet,” so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.
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「管教」是父親對孩子愛的表現，父親越疼愛孩子，就更多的教導與訓練，希望孩子可以成才，可以擔負重責大任，完成父親心中所期盼的！所以，受管教的，是父親所疼愛的！也因此，受管教的孩子是父親所看重；不被管教的，是父親所不看重的，如同司生子一般。
同樣上帝既然像父親一般，祂也必然會管教我們，祂也必然會訓練與教導我們。這也就是說，上帝對我們的生命必然有做為，不會對我們不裡不採。既然如此，上帝必定在我們的生命之中塑造的工作，要打我們模造成他兒子耶穌基督的樣式。
我們都期盼被上帝所重用，我們就必須有上帝兒女的樣式。所以，我們要勇敢接受上帝在我們身上的工作，放下自以為是的努力，也放下抗拒的心理，就是要配合上帝的樣式來生活與行事，與我們所蒙的恩相稱！
