spanking children

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

¹³Do not be willing to take away discipline from a child. For if you strike him with the rod, he will not die. ¹⁴You will strike him with the rod, and so shall you deliver his soul from Hell.

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.

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

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

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

⁶The proverb is: A youth is close to his way; even when he is old, he will not withdraw from it.

¹⁸Teach your son; do not despair. But do not set your soul toward putting him to death.

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

²¹Fathers, do not provoke your children to indignation, lest they lose heart.

¹³As a father is compassionate to his sons, so has the Lord been compassionate to those who fear him.

¹Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is just. ²Honor your father and your mother. This is the first commandment with a promise: ³so that it may be well with you, and so that you may have a long life upon the earth. ⁴And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but educate them with the discipline and correction of the Lord.

¹A wise son is the doctrine of his father. But he who ridicules does not listen when he is reproved.

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

²⁰Children, obey your parents in all things. For this is well-pleasing to the Lord.

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. ⁷Persevere in discipline. God presents you to himself as sons. But what son is there, whom his father does not correct? ⁸But if you are without that discipline in which all have become sharers, then you are of adultery, and you are not sons. ⁹Then, too, we have certainly had the fathers of our flesh as instructors, and we reverenced them. Should we not obey the Father of spirits all the more, and so live? ¹⁰And indeed, for a few days and according to their own wishes, they instructed us. But he does so to our benefit, so that we may receive his sanctification.

⁴but a man who leads his own house well, having children who are subordinate with all chastity.