"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."
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Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.
But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
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.
Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:
The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death.
Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.
Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die.
Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.
And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
At the time all punishment seems to be pain and not joy: but after, those who have been trained by it get from it the peace-giving fruit of righteousness.
But no chastening at the time seems to be [matter] of joy, but of grief; but afterwards yields [the] peaceful fruit of righteousness to those exercised by it.
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 no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless, afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness to them who are exercised by it.
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.
and all chastening for the present, indeed, doth not seem to be of joy, but of sorrow, yet afterward the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those exercised through it -- it doth yield.