discipline

¹¹Now every discipline, in the present time, does not seem a gladness, of course, but a grief. But afterwards, it will repay a most peaceful fruit of justice to those who become trained in it.

¹Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge. But whoever hates correction is unwise.

²⁴He who spares the rod hates his son. But he who loves him urgently instructs him.

²⁷Instead, I chastise my body, so as to redirect it into servitude. Otherwise, I might preach to others, but become myself an outcast.

¹⁹Those whom I love, I rebuke and chastise. Therefore, be zealous and do penance.

¹¹My son, do not discard the discipline of the Lord, and do not fall away when you are corrected by him. ¹²For whomever the Lord loves, he corrects, and just as a father does with a son, he wins him over.

¹Furthermore, since we also have so great a cloud of witnesses over us, let us set aside every burden and sin which may surround us, and advance, through patience, to the struggle offered to us. ²Let us gaze upon Jesus, as the Author and the completion of our faith, who, having joy laid out before him, endured the cross, disregarding the shame, and who now sits at the right hand of the throne of God. ³So then, meditate upon him who endured such adversity from sinners against himself, so that you may not become weary, failing in your souls. ⁴For you have not yet resisted unto blood, while striving against sin. ⁵And you have forgotten the consolation which speaks to you like sons, saying: “My son, do not be willing to neglect the discipline of the Lord. Neither should you become weary, while being rebuked by him.” ⁶For whomever the Lord loves, he chastises. And every son whom he accepts, he scourges.

¹⁵The rod and its correction distribute wisdom. But the child who is left to his own will, brings shame to his mother.

¹⁷Teach your son, and he will refresh you, and he will give delight to your soul.

⁴And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but educate them with the discipline and correction of the Lord.

¹⁵Foolishness has been bound to the heart of a child, and a rod of discipline shall cause it to flee.

²⁸Just like a city lying in the open and without surrounding walls, so also is a man who is unable to restrain his own spirit in speaking.

¹³Do not be willing to take away discipline from a child. For if you strike him with the rod, he will not die.

⁸but instead: hospitable, kind, sober, just, holy, chaste,

⁷For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of virtue, and of love, and of self-restraint.