But when we are judged,we are disciplinedby the Lordsothat we will not be condemnedalongwith the world.
"I will be a fatherto him and he will be a sonto Me; whenhe commitsiniquity,I will correcthim with the rodof menand the strokesof the sonsof men,
The LORDhas disciplinedme severely,But He has not givenme over to death.
Wherewill you be strickenagain,[As] you continuein [your] rebellion?The wholeheadis sickAnd the wholeheartis faint.
"You shall sayto them, 'Thisis the nationthat did not obeythe voiceof the LORDtheir Godor acceptcorrection;truthhas perishedand has been cutofffrom their mouth.
She heedednovoice,She acceptednoinstruction.She did not trustin the LORD,She did not drawnearto her God.
Nowwe knowthat whateverthe Lawsays,it speaksto thosewho are underthe Law,sothat everymouthmay be closedand allthe worldmay becomeaccountableto God;
The giftis not like[that which came] throughthe onewho sinned;for on the one handthe judgment[arose] from one[transgression] resultingin condemnation,but on the other handthe free gift[arose] from manytransgressionsresultingin justification.
Whereis the wise man?Whereis the scribe?Whereis the debaterof thisage?Has not Godmade foolishthe wisdomof the world?
For sincein the wisdomof Godthe worldthroughits wisdomdid not [come to] knowGod,Godwas well-pleasedthroughthe foolishnessof the message preachedto savethosewho believe.
For thisreasonmanyamongyou are weakand sick,and a numbersleep.
But ifwe judgedourselvesrightly, we would not be judged.
So then,my brethren,when you come togetherto eat,waitfor one another.
"Thus you are to knowin your heartthat the LORDyour Godwas discipliningyou justas a mandisciplineshis son.
Among theseare Hymenaeusand Alexander,whomI have handed overto Satan,sothat they will be taughtnot to blaspheme.
We knowthat we are of God,and that the wholeworldliesin [the power of] the evil one.
Those whomI love,I reproveand discipline;thereforebe zealousand repent.
