For the present (προς το παρον). A classical phrase (Thucydides), προς with the accusative neuter singular articular participle of…

Now no chastening for the present seems to be joyous, but grievous. It does not impart pleasure, nor is this its design. All chas…

Now no chastening . . .—Better (the reading being slightly changed), All chastening seems for the present time to be not joyou…

Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the…

At the time it takes place, chastisement is never a happy affair. On the contrary, sorrow goes with it. But while it does not “seem pleasant,” it d…

Now no chastening, etc. This he adds, lest we should measure God’s chastisements by our present feelings. For he shows that we ar…

Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous ,
&c.] These words anticipate an objection, taken from the gr…

The persevering obedience of faith in Christ was the race set before the Hebrews, in which they must either win the crown of glory, or have everlas…

Having exhorted them to endure evil patiently, according to the example of the ancient fathers and Christ, the Apostle now exhorts them to do the s…