Catholic Public Domain Version
"And indeed, for a few days and according to their own wishes, they instructed us. But he does so to our benefit, so that we may receive his sanctification. "
— Hebrews 12:10, Catholic Public Domain Version
“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.”
“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, punished us as seemed good to them; but he for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness.”
“For they disciplined us for a little while as seemed good to them, but he does so for our benefit, that we may share his holiness.”
“And they indeed for a few days, according to their own pleasure, instructed us: but he, for our profit, that we might receive his sanctification.”
“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.”
“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.”
Persevere in discipline. God presents you to himself as sons. But what son is there, whom his father does not correct?
But if you are without that discipline in which all have become sharers, then you are of adultery, and you are not sons.
Then, too, we have certainly had the fathers of our flesh as instructors, and we reverenced them. Should we not obey the Father of spirits all the more, and so live?
And indeed, for a few days and according to their own wishes, they instructed us. But he does so to our benefit, so that we may receive his sanctification.
Now every discipline, in the present time, does not seem a gladness, of course, but a grief. But afterwards, it will repay a most peaceful fruit of justice to those who become trained in it.
Because of this, lift up your lazy hands and your lax knees,
and straighten the path of your feet, so that no one, being lame, may wander astray, but instead may be healed.