5 Have you forgotten* God’s appeal to you when he reasons with you as his children? He says, "My child, don’t treat the Lord’s discipline lightly, and don’t give up when he corrects you either. 6 The Lord disciplines everyone he loves, and he punishes everyone he welcomes as his child." 7 Be patient as you experience God’s discipline because he is treating you as his children. What child doesn’t experience a father’s discipline? 8 If you are not disciplined (which everyone has experienced), then you are illegitimate and not true children. 9 For if we respected our earthly fathers who disciplined us, shouldn’t we even more be subject to the discipline of our spiritual Father which leads to life?