⁷ Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children. For what children are not disciplined by their father?

⁷ Ye endure for chastening, God conducts himself towards you as towards sons; for who is the son that the father chastens not?

⁷ God is educating you; that's why you must never drop out. He's treating you as dear children. This trouble you're in isn't punishment; it's training,