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FOR THOSE WHOM THE LORD LOVES HE DISCIPLINES, AND HE SCOURGES EVERY SON WHOM HE RECEIVES."

on gar agapa (5719) kuriov paideuei, (5719) mastigoi (5719) de panta uion on paradexetai. (5736)

(taken from studylight.org)

scourge

Main Entry: ¹scourge
Pronunciation: 'sk&rj also 'skOrj, 'skorj, 'skurj
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French escorge, from (assumed) Old French escorgier to whip, from Old French es- ex- + Latin corrigia whip
1 : WHIP; especially : one used to inflict pain or punishment
2 : an instrument of punishment or criticism
3 : a cause of widespread or great affliction

(take from meriam-webster online, bold mine)

Greek for 'Discipline':

Original Word		Word Origin
	paideiða		from (3811)
Transliterated Word		Phonetic Spelling
	Paideia		pahee-di'-ah
Parts of Speech		TDNT
	Noun Feminine		5:596,753
Definition
	the whole training and education of children (which relates to the cultivation of mind and morals, and employs for this purpose now commands and admonitions, now reproof and punishment) It also includes the training and care of the body whatever in adults also cultivates the soul, esp. by correcting mistakes and curbing passions. instruction which aims at increasing virtue chastisement, chastening, (of the evils with which God visits men for their amendment)
Translated Words
	KJV (6) - chastening, 3; chastisement, 1; instruction, 1; nurture, 1; NAS (6) - discipline, 5; training, 1;

11^(A)My son, do not reject the discipline of the LORD
Or loathe His reproof,

19'^(A)Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline; therefore be zealous and ^(B)repent.

75I know, O LORD, that Your judgments are ^(A)righteous,
And that ^(B)in faithfulness You have afflicted me.

12Blessed is the man whom ^(A)You chasten, O LORD,
And ^(B)whom You teach out of Your law;

1Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also ^(A)lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us ^(B)run with ^(C)endurance the race that is set before us,

2fixing our eyes on Jesus, the ^(D)author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him ^(E)endured the cross, ^(F)despising the shame, and has ^(G)sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

3For ^(H)consider Him who has endured such hostility by sinners against Himself, so that you will not grow weary ^(I)and lose heart.

4^(J)You have not yet resisted ^(K)to the point of shedding blood in your striving against sin;

5and you have forgotten the exhortation which is addressed to you as sons,
"^(A)MY SON, DO NOT REGARD LIGHTLY THE DISCIPLINE OF THE LORD,
NOR ^(B)FAINT WHEN YOU ARE REPROVED BY HIM;
6^(C)FOR THOSE ^(D)WHOM THE LORD LOVES HE DISCIPLINES,
AND HE SCOURGES EVERY SON WHOM HE RECEIVES."

7It is for discipline that you endure; ^(E)God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline?

8But if you are without discipline, ^(F)of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate children and not sons.

9Furthermore, we had earthly fathers to discipline us, and we ^(G)respected them; shall we not much rather be subject to ^(H)the Father of spirits, and ^(I)live?

10For they disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them, but He disciplines us for our good, ^(J)so that we may share His holiness. (bold mine)

11All discipline ^(K)for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the ^(L)peaceful fruit of righteousness.

12Therefore, ^(X)strengthen the hands that are weak and the knees that are feeble,

13and ^(Y)make straight paths for your feet, so that the limb which is lame may not be put out of joint, but rather ^(Z)be healed.