Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?
Earthly fathers corrected us, and we honored them for it, though they are only authors of the flesh; but God is the Father of spirits, the Creator of our souls, the nobler part, immortal and precious. Should we not much rather submit to Him and live?
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God is Father of spirits, not flesh; His discipline springs from no passion, no love of power, no lack of reflection as ours do. When we obey Him as we obeyed our earthly fathers, we live, not merely in body, but spiritually and eternally.
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Our earthly fathers often corrected us from hasty emotion, irascible temper, the mere love of power, without proper reflection. Yet we bore it. How much more should we submit to God, whose paternal discipline is entirely free from passion and designed solely for the spiritual world?
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