If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?”
Ni kwa ajili ya kurudiwa mwastahimili; Mungu awatendea kama wana; maana ni mwana yupi asiyerudiwa na babaye? Basi kama mkiwa hamna kurudiwa, ambako ni fungu la wote, ndipo mmekuwa wana wa haramu ninyi, wala si wana wa halali. Na pamoja na hayo tulikuwa na baba zetu wawili walioturudi, nasi tukawastahi; basi si afadhali sana kujitia chini ya Baba wa roho zetu na kuishi?”