Hebrews 12:10
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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Study Note
The contrast between earthly fathers who disciplined 'for a few days, after their own pleasure,' and the heavenly Father who disciplines 'for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness' makes divine purpose the distinguishing mark of divine discipline. The goal 'partakers of his holiness' — the only explicit use of this phrase in the New Testament — grounds sanctification not in moral self-improvement but in participatory sharing of God's own nature, a theme that parallels 2 Peter 1:4's 'partakers of the divine nature.' The temporary/eternal contrast ('few days' vs. permanent holiness) provides the pastoral framework for interpreting suffering as purposeful rather than arbitrary in Christian experience.
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For they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed good to them; but he for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness.
for they, indeed, for a few days, according to what seemed good to them, were chastening, but He for profit, to be partakers of His separation;
For they truly gave us punishment for a short time, as it seemed good to them; but he does it for our profit, so that we may become holy as he is.
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