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 trained by it.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Hebrews 12:11 in context
Hebrews 12:8–14
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But if you are without discipline, of which all have been made partakers, then you are illegitimate, and not children.
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Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live?
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For they indeed for a few days disciplined us as seemed good to them, but he for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness.
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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 trained by it.
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Therefore lift up the hands that hang down and the feeble knees,
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and make straight paths for your feet, so what is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed.
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Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,
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