# the encouragement that instructs you "what God has instructed you in the scriptures to encourage you" # as sons ... My son 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. # My son ... corrected by him Here the author is quoting from the book of Proverbs in the Old Testament, which was the words of Solomon to his male children. # do not think lightly of the Lord's discipline, nor grow weary "take it very seriously when the Lord disciplines you, and do not grow weary" # nor grow weary "and do not become discouraged" # you are corrected by him "he corrects you"