10 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.
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They disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, in order that we may share in his holiness.
11 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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No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.