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# the encouragement that instructs you
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"what God has instructed you in the scriptures to encourage you"
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# as sons ... My son
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The word translated "sons" and "son" is specifically the word for a male child. In that culture the family line continued through the sons, not normally through the daughters.
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# My son ... corrected by him
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The author is quoting from Proverbs 3:11 in the Old Testament, which was the words of Solomon to his male children.
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# do not think lightly of the Lord's discipline, nor grow weary
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"take it very seriously when the Lord disciplines you, and do not grow weary"
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# nor grow weary
"and do not become discouraged"
# you are corrected by him
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"he corrects you"
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