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All chastening seems for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised thereby.
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The "Afterward" Principle
Commentators universally agree that discipline is painful by definition; if it were pleasant, it wouldn't be effective. The verse validates the believer's present feeling of grief. However, the crucial encouragement lies in the word "afterward." Like a farmer who sows in one season and harvests in another, Christians are urged to look beyond the immediate pain to the future, guaranteed fruit that the trial will produce.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Now no chastening for the present seems to be joyous, but grievous. It does not impart pleasure, nor is this its design. All chas…
For the present (προς το παρον). A classical phrase (Thucydides), προς with the accusative neuter singular articular participle of…
19th Century
Anglican
Now no chastening . . .—Better (the reading being slightly changed), All chastening seems for the present time to be not joyou…
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Baptist
But grievous: nevertheless afterward –
These are truly blessed words: "nevertheless afterward" –
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…
16th Century
Protestant
Now no chastening, etc. This he adds, lest we should measure God’s chastisements by our present feelings. For he shows that we ar…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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…
13th Century
Catholic
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…
