J. Randal Matheny

Sometimes παιδεία is painful because we have done something wrong and our loving heavenly Father would not dream of allowing us to live in our sin. At other times παιδεία is painful because we need to learn and grow, but not because we have done anything wrong.

Please don’t read the negative part of the semantic range of “discipline” into παιδεία as if it is always there. Sometimes it is; sometimes it isn’t. But God is our loving Father who treats us as his true children, and that means he cares enough to use the situations of life to change us.

Wm. Mounce seems to suggest that the Greek term παιδεία in Hebrews 12 doesn't include the idea of chastening or punishment. What say you?

being with Jesus is the education. Listen to and do what He taught and you will far outshine the rest.

A man I know demands that everyone call him "Dr." He doesn't know Jeremiah 9:23-24. Others tout their degrees behind their names even in the most unlikely places. Education is not bad; I have several degrees myself, but the diplomas went in the filing cabinets after graduation. Education is a tool, not the means by which we find or establish our importance.

And as Weylan says well, Jesus is the education. Thank God for his infinite wisdom!