“For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.”
For they disciplined (paideuo) us for a short time as seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good, in order that we may share (metoche) in his holiness (hagiotes) — earthly discipline serves temporary purposes; God's paideia aims at holiness (hagiotes), enabling participation (metoche) in his sacred nature. Suffering becomes the pathway to sanctification.
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