13 Bible Verses about Discipline
Most Relevant Verses
[For the suffering] you are enduring [is] for your discipline. God is dealing with you as He does with [His] children, for what child is not disciplined by his father?
Furthermore, we had earthly fathers to discipline us and we respected them [for it]; should we not much rather submit to the Father of our spirits [i.e., God], so we can live [spiritually]?
For our human fathers disciplined us for a short time as it seemed best to them; but God disciplines us for our [spiritual] good, so that we may share in His holiness.
No discipline seems pleasant, but painful, at the time [it is received], yet later on it produces a crop of peace and righteousness in [the lives of] those who have been trained by it.
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Discipline » Church » The discipline of
After you have warned a divisive person twice, have nothing more to do with him [i.e., withdraw spiritual fellowship from him].
Among these people are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I delivered over to Satan [Note: This probably refers to withdrawing fellowship from them. See I Cor. 5:1-5], so that they would learn not to speak against God [anymore].
Now I Paul, who am humble [when speaking] face to face with you, but bold when I am away from you, urge you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ [Note: This means either Paul was imitating Christ's behavior or that the Corinthians were to do so]:
to turn such a person over to Satan for his body to be destroyed [Note: This probably refers to his removal from their fellowship. See verse 2], in order for his spirit to be saved in the day of the Lord [i.e., the judgment day]. [Note: This implies that his removal from their fellowship will have produced a genuine repentance before that time].
I told you the last time I was there, and now before returning, I [again] warn those who have sinned in the past as well as the rest, that if I come again I will not spare you [i.e., I will rebuke and discipline you],
Discipline » Of children » The correction of children
Discipline » Of armies, for disobedience of orders
Topics on Discipline
Abstinence as a discipline
Acts 10:9-14AM], while he was wide awake, he had a vision in which an angel of God came to him [and spoke his name] "Cornelius."
Church Discipline
2 Corinthians 2:6-8The punishment inflicted [on him] by the majority of you was sufficient. [Note: If this is a reference to the incestuous man of I Cor. 5:4ff, then the punishment was removing him from their fellowship].
Discipline Child
Ephesians 6:4And you fathers [Note: This word probably includes both parents], do not stir up your children to become angry, but bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.
Discipline Of The Church
1 Timothy 1:3As I urged you to do when I was leaving Macedonia [See Acts 20:1ff], I want you to remain in Ephesus in order to urge certain people not to teach a different [i.e., false] doctrine,
discipline, divine
Hebrews 12:6For the Lord disciplines those He loves, and punishes every child He accepts."
discipline, in the family
Hebrews 12:7[For the suffering] you are enduring [is] for your discipline. God is dealing with you as He does with [His] children, for what child is not disciplined by his father?
Parental Discipline
Hebrews 12:8-10But if you do not receive [such] discipline, like all of us do, then you are illegitimate children and not true children.
Self Discipline
1 Timothy 4:7But you should have nothing to do with those worldly myths [See 1:4] and superstitious tales [often] told by old women. Instead, train yourself for living a godly life.
Related Topics
- Admonition, Of Parents
- Authority Within The Family, Kinds Of
- Bad Parents
- Becoming A Parent
- Children, Disciplining
- Children, Good Kids
- Children, needs of
- Correction
- Crimes
