Study it in the app“Now no discipline for the present seems to be a cause of joy, but of grief; but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.”
God disciplines as a father does his children, and it bears fruit laterParents and ChildrenThe author of Hebrews compares God’s discipline to a father’sSuffering and Trials
Nowδὲnoπᾶσα οὐdisciplineπαιδείαforπρὸςthe presentτὸ παρὸνseemsδοκεῖto beεἶναιa cause of joy,χαρᾶςbutἀλλὰof grief;λύπηςbutδὲlaterὕστερονit yieldsἀποδίδωσινthe peacefulεἰρηνικὸνfruitκαρπὸνof righteousnessδικαιοσύνηςto those who have been trainedτοῖς γεγυμνασμένοιςbyδι’it.αὐτῆς
discipline
Correction that hurts, like that of a loving father.
Where else “paideia” appearswhat is present
What there is now, the present moment.
Where else “paron” appearsseem
To seem to be something; “to seem good” is to agree on a decision.
Where else “dokei” appearsbe
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “einai” appearsjoy
Joy, gladness.
Where else “charas” appearsgrief, sorrow
Sorrow, grief.
Where else “lypēs” appearslater, afterward
Later, afterward; finally.
Where else “hysteron” appearsrender
To give what is due: fruit, an account.
Where else “apodidōsin” appearspeaceful
Peaceful, peaceable: bringing or living in peace.
Where else “eirēnikon” appearsresult
The result of what someone is or does.
Where else “karpon” appearsrighteousness
Doing what is just, living as God wants.
Where else “dikaiosynēs” appearstrain
Exercise, train, as an athlete does.
Where else “gegymnasmenois” appears10For they disciplined us for a few days as seemed best to them, but he does so for our good, so that we may share in his holiness.
11 · This verse (above)
12Therefore, strengthen the drooping hands and the weakened knees,
