“Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.”
Now, discipline always seems painful rather than pleasant at the time, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness (dikaiosynē) to those who have been trained by it — the present pain of discipline yields future blessing: peaceful (eirēnikos) fruit of righteousness. The paradox: suffering produces peace; affliction yields justice.
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