John Chrysostom, on Heb 12:6

“For whom the Lord loveth, he chastiseth; and he scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.”

“"For whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom He receiveth." Thou canst not say that any righteous man is without affliction: even if he appear to be so, yet we know not his other afflictions. So that of necessity every righteous man must pass through affliction. For it is a declaration of Christ, that the wide and broad way leads to destruction, but the strait and narrow one to life. If then it is possible to enter into life by that means, and is not by any other, then all have entered in by the narrow way, as many as have departed unto life.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.